It wasn’t until this year that I got to meet one of my older cousins. The day before I was at a country cemetery visiting the graves of loved ones. My cousin’s grandfather has a large headstone with a black & white photo of he and his wife when they were very young. When I shook hands with my cousin for the first time it was sort of startling since he looks identical to his deceased grandfather. Sometimes there just aren’t enough words for some experiences. This was one of them.
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Does a relative of yours look identical to another?
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I'm not sure this phenomenon is all that unusual if you look hard enough. My mother, who is the family genealogist, has collected hundreds of pictures of family ancestors for her archive. In going going through these, you will almost always find an "ancestral doppelgänger." I found mine. My mother even remembered her. Said she was a real b*tch.
I know. I thought it was a cheap shot, too!
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