Here’s a humorous one I once heard from a scion of the Ksav Sofer who happens to be a red-head:
When the Ksav Sofer was a child, he was kind of cheeky and very often up to mischief.
He decided to do a little ‘shtickel’ on his father. He was walking through town one day, and whenever he encoutered someone with a red beard he told him’My father would like to see you in his office today at 4:00 pm.’
At precisely 4 oclock that afternoon, the Chasam Sofer opened the door to his waiting room, and to his surprise saw about 30 red bearded men sitting there waiting to be called in. Meanwhile , his little son, stood in the corner laughing himself to tears.
His father then took him aside and told him that because he played this trick on his father, he will be ‘Zoiche’ to have red heads as descendants…..and so it was. Many of his einiklich are gingy!