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red headed stepchild 

A child who has red hair and is also somone's stepchild.
- My stepson John has red hair.
- Oh, so you have a red headed stepchild.
red headed stepchild by hans-åke December 22, 2008

Red headed stepchild 

1. A derogatary term for a child who is from an affair or is an unwanted step child

2. In legal terms a child who was adopted by their step parents
1. Bill was a red headed stepchild, everyone knows it and his dad thinks his wife cheated on him. His older siblings look like their dad or mom.

2. The red headed stepchild step dad and step mom married and adopted him

Redheaded Stepchild 

Treated with dislike, distaste, much the same as a "second class citizen." Less important. Ostracized, at times.
(If the stepchild had red hair, and the parent didn't, people would assume that the parent was the step-parent. This is obviously an ignorant assumption, since the gene for red hair is not a "dominate" gene, but a "recessive" gene -- it would skip generations before showing up again.)
In the state of Alabama, it is well known that Auburn University will always be the Redheaded Stepchild to the University of Alabama, when pertaining to football and all other things athletic - and chess. RTR!
Redheaded Stepchild by EvilRedHet September 29, 2010