Obama blames gray hair on genes

Back in January, we reported on the exhaustive speculation about whether President Obama dyes his hair after photos revealed an ever-changing level of gray in his locks. He and his staff said the apparent changes were merely due to haircuts. Even his barber had weighed in.

But that hasn't kept the banter at bay.

Michael A. Memoli of the Los Angeles Times writes that ABC's Jake Tapper informed the president during an interview Tuesday that the amount of gray in his hair appears to be increasing. Instead of citing the stress of the job, the president blamed it on genes. "My grandfather was gray by the time he was 29... So I figured it was going to come. It just happened to coincide with the presidency," Obama said, according to a transcript.