A daughter's first grey hair gives her mother pause... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to Grey Hair, by Antonia Gunko Karelina above.

My husband and I both have curly hair. Mine was like that since my birth. His started to form into swirls when he was a teenager.

Our daughter, however, has straight hair. Sometimes witty adults ask her, "Are you sure these are your real parents?" At a very young age she would panic and ask, "Are you truly my parents or was I adopted?...

Listen to more from Sunday Miscellany here.