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English author Neil Gaiman has said that life is always going to be stranger than fiction because fiction has to be convincing, and life doesn't. Well, if these words needed any proof, there's a TikTok trend that vividly illustrates their essence.

It was started by Ellery (@dentedmilk), who posted a video on Thanksgiving of herself and an old photo of her great-great-great-grandmother that she said died in 1923 during childbirth. 100 years later, Ellery is now around her age.

Throughout the video, a haunting, robotic-sounding voice sings "Well you don't know me, but I know you. And I've got a message," from Laurie Anderson's song 'O Superman.'

The clip has since amassed 6.2 million views and inspired other people to share their own eerie experiences using the tune as well.

@dentedmilk

She’s my great great grandmother who died in 1923 during childbirth. I’m around her age, 100 years later. Her name is Jessie.

♬ You dont know me - ellery
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The cashier thought we were crazy when we were trying to tell her why we were freaking out lmao what are the odds.

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Calfun
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This sis in a no way context (recommenting for I am egg)

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I am Egg!!!
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yall know katie was saying shut up in a "no way" context. stop downvoting her

cecilia kilian
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, it's an American figure of speech. I too gave you both upvotes.

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Lydsylou (she/her)
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes that is a massive coincidence and also your son is a very stylish little man 😎

Beachbum
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Absolutely crazy! And your son is just beautiful!

Griffy
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a similar thing happen with a video game. My boyfriend's housemate at the time took a NASCAR game to gamestop to trade in. I went there about a week later when boyfriend asked me to get the game. Picked up a random one. Same game housemate took in, including the code sticker in the same place inside. Completely blew our minds.

JonaLou2U
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My FAVORITE coincidence BP post EVER! Well done!

Anna Meyers
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My childhood Christmas stocking got lost when I was a teenager in Wisconsin. I found it 20 years later in an antique mall in Iowa. It had my first name printed in my childish handwriting on the top border.

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    ratties rule18
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Beautiful! I love this so much and congratulations!

    Alice Teasdale
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not a coincidence. This stuff is too common to be real and it's really special

    LiuLiu
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that gave me the chills

    Debra Newell
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That deer was not coincidence. It was your mother. I lost my mother last October and I’ve come to realize that there’s no such thing as coincidence.

    Beachbum
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I absolutely love this! My daughter went to see a medium, doesn't know anything about her, and tells her that her grandmother sits in a corner in her room and watches her sleep. Miss my mom so very much!

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    While the exact definition of what each of us considers eerie differs, the underlying cause is more or less the same.

    "[Creepy is] about the uncertainty of threat. You’re feeling uneasy because you think there might be something to worry about here, but the signals are not clear enough to warrant your doing some sort of desperate, life-saving kind of thing,” Frank McAndrew, professor of psychology at Knox College in Illinois, United States, explained.

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    It's me.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not a coincidence. ❤️

    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Dad passed away in August 2014. My husband & I had lived with him (stepmother, 1/2 sister, her husband and their 3 y/o feral monkey of a daughter) for a year before he was diagnosed. Dad & I had gotten really close. We all knew it was coming - stage 4 lung cancer - but I was still devastated when he died. As a coping mechanism, I would send text messages to his phone. A few days before our annual family Christmas, which I always hosted, I texted him about how beautiful the house looked, how I was so sorry he would miss Christmas in our first San Diego home, etc.. A few minutes later, my phone dinged and I see there's a text from "Dad". I durn near wrecked the car. I pulled over to read it. His number had been reassigned, but the lady who got the text was kind enough to let me know. I explained why I sent it and she texted back with some very kind words about love never dying, he'd still be there etc. We kept in touch for years at the holidays. Thanks, Linda.

    ShyWahine
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aww, he heard you AND replied! ❤️

    Jack Burton
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess we see what we want to see. If it's doing the job why not.

    Beachbum
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awesome! The signs are there we just have to look and find them

    LiuLiu
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    darn onion ninjas

    Clover
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one brought tears to my eyes.

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    I'm.Just.A.Girl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not crying, you're crying!!! My daughter's dog crossed the rainbow bridge 4 days ago. So this makes me so happy to see

    HangryHangryHippo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's so hard to loss our 4-legged furry family members. Warm hugs for you both ♥️

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    Himory TheDreamer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a similar but very sad story. I'll be brief cause it hurts me to this day. My neighbor had dogs and one of the dogs had puppies. The dogs were neglected. I loved them, my family did all we could to take care of them and feed them. One of the puppies, my favorite, was a male that I always said resembled a coke bottle, and he was very close with his sister and both were very agitated and always playing around. I actually wanted to take him in but my mom wouldn't let me. They died, probably poisoned, the male first, the female soon after. Months later my mom found a puppy on the streets, she looked like a small coke bottle with white paws, like if she truly was born from those two, there was also no explanation as to where she could have came from. I fought to keep her, she's 9yo now, still going, still as crazy as those two were. It truly feels like they sent her from the other side.

    Paul Pienkowski
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dogs just know. They know what you need even if you don't.

    Jan Iddon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I lost my dog twelve months ago and I miss him everyday, Kasey my adorable boxer, he was fifteen years old and on the job with our b***h when I lost him , and still hurts like hell, he was the love of my life and I was crazy about him. I feel guilty just thinking about another dog. You are so lucky that Luna brought him to you, there was reason for that. And I'm guessing Luna never left you.

    Bewarethere@gmail.com
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never ever trust or date anyone who doesn't like animals! BIG red flag

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    I'm.Just.A.Girl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandma's CB name was ladybug 🐞 and I find them everywhere in my mom's house. All year round. It gives me so much hope that our souls and love live on.

    Rico Suave
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are all over my house, gaining access through any little crack. Tell your mom to stay out of my house.

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    Roger9er
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Coincidence, anyone? Look, people...the chances are way too incredibly small to be a coincidence. Exactly that butterfly, at that particular spot, at that particular time? Come on. That you can't see it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

    Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably not nearly as big of a coincidence as you think. That particular spot was at her aunt's "favorite place", where I'm guessing swallowtail butterflies - including yellow ones - make frequent appearances, which is what had inspired the aunt to get a tattoo of one on her back.

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    Rebecca S.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yellow butterflies have a long association with angels.

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    Even the way our bodies respond to the triggers is similar.

    In 2012, researchers from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands found that when subjects felt creeped out, they felt colder and believed that the temperature in the room had actually dropped.

    Chilling, indeed!

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    1 year ago

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    Imagineer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not the same house unless they changed the roof and windows and vents.

    Joseph Lacko
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s not the same house, just the same style.

    Paul Gerrard
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is the smaller room not poitioned the same?

    Kristi Savage Cook
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My uncle came to our wedding and saw our house for the first time. We didn't want a house with no garage- this house doesn't have one. I refused to consider houses that didn't have dishwashers. Spoiler alert: no dishwasher here but me. I remarked on these things in his presence and he said : your house looks exactly like my childhood home (my grandparents' house) - tho i didn't grow up with this side of the family and rarely visited their home. Its jusththough

    Kristi Savage Cook
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not a coincidence- I wanted to connect to the "familiar " without realizing it.

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    A B C the Third
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be honest, *if* this story is true, I'm pretty sure OP bought this house *because* of his grandparents living there before. But, you know... this doesn't give you half as much likes (*cough* and money *cough*) on the internet than *drumrolls* *fireworks* "we magically found my ancestors' home!"

    David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Much less 'freaky' but I'd lived in my current house for a year or two before I realized it is located only a bit over a mile from the first house we lived in when we moved to WA. Because of where I lived / worked I always approached the new house from a different direction .

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    A B C the Third
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not at all. Just plain fake. That's just not how silver salts work - unless you rework them.

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    David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I question this one. That isn't how photographic chemicals work.

    Ms.GB
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Somebody missed the DeLorean

    martymcmatrix
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't want to nag around, BUT what about the tie on the left in the picture? 👔 🧐 🕵🏽

    Cammy Mack
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    His right side of his suit jacket has faded...

    Ben
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is some Back to the Future type fading right there.

    Will
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Feels like Final Destination.

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    kath morgan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You’d almost think they were related

    Fire Singer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get that it's genetics here, I do, but if it brings his mom comfort feeling like her brother is still around I think it's still lovely. <3

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    Boo-Urns
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's how genetics works sometimes, folks. Nothing "supernatural" here.

    Ross “Sarcastic Dad”
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, I'm trying not to p**s on all of these, but it's not spooky that people that share DNA look alike....

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    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not going to do this when I die. My siblings have suffered enough.

    Jack Burton
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You mean people in the same family can look alike ?

    Nitka Tsar
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It‘s just the hair. Give him a different haircut and they will look nothing alike. Different eyes, different grin, different nose… I hope they don‘t tell him he is the reincarnation of his uncle. Way to ruin a child.

    Debra Newell
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reincarnation maybe? None of us know for absolute certainty what happens after we die.

    Ezalibeth
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't call it a coincidence but have sth similar with me and my mother's late sister - she died at age of 12 when I was a few months. When looking at our photos throughout growing up it's hard to tell who is who. Really, I have a few photos that neither me nor my mom or grandma knows anymore if they shows me or her, sometimes we could guess only by the surroundings. Especially one (two) photos when we were 11 take in school (we were in the same school) we both take it in the same place and have the same haircut and 'Mona Lisa' smile.

    Stephen Hutchison
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is literally the plot of the movie "Jupiter Ascending"

    David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting, but not too weird considering the amount of shared DNA.

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    martymcmatrix
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dang...I am too stoned to comprehend this...🌫️ 🧖🏽 🌫️

    Jonathan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And I'm too comprehended to Stone this

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    WA2DK
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "You helped deliver her on the day she was born"...... what other day COULD she be delivered, than "the day she was born"???

    Mia C
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    bonded for life. beautiful

    Marvin HeartofGold (she/them)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My ultrasound technician from when I was pregnant with my youngest turned out to be my ultrasound technician from before I was born in a completely different city clear across the state that my parents moved away from shortly after I was born.

    Sue
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh thank goodness! She looks so much like her that I thought she was going to say she gave her up for adoption!

    Gamin Coda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those sunglasses don't suit her face.

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    That physical response further heightens our senses.

    "You don't know how to act but you’re really concerned about getting more information," McAndrew said.

    "It kind of takes your attention and focuses it like a laser on this particular stimulus, whatever it is."

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    Mimi La Souris
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    genetic transmission of friendship !? i like the idea :)

    Jax Fyvie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nice story, but while I was trying to read I could only focus on the picture cause it was just staring into my soul

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    Beachbum
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My daughter just had a baby, her father passed away in February of 2020, he is a carbon copy of her dad.... and it is not only me that sees it, other people see it too. Makes her so happy that some of her dad is in her son

    Ben
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree. I look like my dad and he died of ALS a couple years ago... spooky.

    martymcmatrix
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Charles Darwin would have liked it..🎲 🤹🏽‍♀️ 🧬

    Jack Burton
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks a little bit like his grandfather ok.

    Debra Newell
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unbelievable resemblance! No such a thing as coincidence!

    Gypsy Lee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My son is identical to my biological father who I had no visual memory of. When my son turned 28 I was given a photo of said father at the age of 28 by an aunt who lived on the other side of the country, and I thought it was a joke. Feature for feature they are identical. = Genetics. It also explains why my mother has treated my son like garbage his whole life. - She had divorced him very shortly after I was born. I also look like the female version of him, which explains a lot as well. Sometimes genetics aren't fantastic.

    pep Ito
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    Children always resemble their grandparents more than their parents by genetics.

    Bryn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No they don't. I don't resemble ANY of my grandparents but I do resemble my dad

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    I'm.Just.A.Girl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That gave me goosebumps! It's beautiful to know that he is there with you looking out for you! I love these stories because they remind me to have faith in things you can't see or touch but that you definitely feel 💕❤️

    Whitefox
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister had never met our great grandfather. She told me about a very tall and thin man she saw stand over my nieces crib and whom my niece was smitten with. It absolutely floored my sis when I showed her a pic of Grandpa Otto. It was he who was visiting and entertaining my niece.

    Nonnie Bear
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My kids used to laugh when they were little, and I would ask what was so funny. They would say, "Papa Max is so funny!" Papa Max is the name we gave my Dad so my kids would know him. He died 4yrs before my first born. All 3 of my children talked about him.

    Korean Boi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my blind a*s sitting here zooming in on the middle and right to read these

    Margaret Zahn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not that different from Heidi Wyrick and Mr Gordy. It just means you had some abilities as a child.

    Chrissie Anit
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You probably overheard your relatives talking about Grampy and misheard the name, but kept all the other details. Brains work in interesting ways!

    Lene
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This gives me hope that my kids' imaginary cousin is a real person. He sounds super fun and crazy in the fun and good way. 😊

    Rivers of Belief
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And definitely not imaginary anymore

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    tom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i love a happy ending!

    Imagineer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. I love Thriftbooks. They always have good quality used books.

    Marvin HeartofGold (she/them)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oooh with the first paycheck of the job I've had for nearly 15 years I went to a local used bookhouse. I purchased a paperback set of LoTR in a golden box that reminded me of the one my dad used to read to be as a kid. When I got it home and opened it up I saw my maiden name written in my dad's handwriting. I started reading it to my kid a few months ago.

    Thomas Ewing
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A reply to Kimbowa below; you are right. There are no coincidences--it's planned from above!

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    Jen M
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rebecca F, still marking her territory over ur BFs stuff, but now it's super cute, and not in a childhood-ending-sibling-rage kinda way. That's sweet. :)

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    There’s no such thing as a coincidence.

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    As we can see from the pictures, it can be a lot of things, situations, places and, of course, people.

    "We're predisposed to see willful agents that mean us harm in situations that are ambiguous, but this was an adaptive thing to do,” McAndrew said.

    Our ancestors saw saber-toothed tigers in every shadow and a slithering snake in the motion of the swaying grass because it was better to be safe than sorry.

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    I'm.Just.A.Girl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is like spooky amazing. Not exactly terrifying.. more like reassurance with goosebumps.

    Papa
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister had a good friend named Jean who died of cancer. After she passed away my sister bought a new car that she synced to her phone. For a long time afterwards her car would randomly say "You have a text from Jean." There would not be a text on her phone.

    Paul C.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The moment we stepped out of the church after my mums funeral, the sky went pitch black, and the heavens opened, there was almighty thunder and lightning for about a minute. Suddenly it cleared and the sun shone through. We all looked at each other and said, which one of us had p!ssed her off? Was real weird.

    Wendy Melissa
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    1 year ago

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    Didn't voice mail transcriptions just come out on the last iOS update?

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    I'm.Just.A.Girl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's amazing. I love these stories so much, I choose to have faith in something much bigger than ourselves. It's beautiful!

    Definitely a Human
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why? What's wrong with just accepting that it's a coincidence?

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    A B C the Third
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How effing cool do you have to be to walk your daughter down the aisle wearing shades? 🙄

    Mimi La Souris
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    quite common in nearby religious communities but still cute :)

    Tyranamar Seuss
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This makes sense if you live in a small town or go to a small church. Or even a big church.

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    Mila Preradović
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Friend's grandpa was wounded in WWII which left him with a scar on his abdomen. My friend has a birthmark in the exact same place, similar shape and size.😳

    Mia C
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The cycle of life and rebirth

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    Kimbowa
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your mother had foresight

    Jen M
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More like five-o-sight. I'll see myself out.

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    Aaron Parker
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's the age difference there? Not that it matters, just wondering

    Panda Pandemic
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the same number not the same cop from when she was younger.

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    Shaunn Munn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seeing that smile makes me feel good for the children he has and will help.

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    1 year ago

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    McAndrew pointed out that truly creepy things and situations are not attractive. At all.

    "We don't enjoy real creepy situations, and we will avoid them like the plague," he said. "Like if there's a person who creeps you out, you'll cross the street to get away.”

    What we do enjoy is playacting, in the same way we enjoy the thrill of watching a horror movie.

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    pep Ito
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is no coincidence. Since she was a little girl, she has had a special relationship with this baseball club thanks to her favorite doll.

    Rebekah Krause
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol. You don’t get to marry someone on a sports team because you have a stuffed bear. Even if you become a major fan who attends every game. Plus he has been in and out of various clubs. Not saying it is a coincidence, saying it’s not because she liked the Cubs because of the doll is ridiculous logic.

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    Shaunn Munn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sweeeeeeeeet! We're a Cubs family! Wishing you guys a World (Series) of happiness!

    Megalodon Meg
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very sweet. Irrelevant but your husband is fine, good job!! 👍

    Fae
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    MY TEACHER IS A HUGE CUBS FAN AND HER FRIEND IS IN THE RED SOX :0

    Cjay
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sergio Alcantara! Big ol bust but we love him anyway

    Paul Pienkowski
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a lifelong Cardinals fan, I don't approve of the Cubs. But it's very sweet! The next time those idiots win, we'll be watching on Mars.

    Cjay
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Goldschmidt is old and Arenado mid. Out best players (other than Bellinger) are 23 and 25 and we still better than y’all. See who’s good in three years.

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    ConstantlyJon
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Irmarie Márquez, that you? I'm pretty sure that's Javier Báez.

    Cjay
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah that’s Sergio Alcantara Baez is lighter and has a thinner face

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    Katy McMouse
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is a bit creepy with the image of the future girlfriend staring out of the window, like a ghost.

    Isabelle Lamarque
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nad she looks like a child while they are grown ups. Kinda makes it less romantic to me 🙈

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    rullyman
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband and I, 3 years before we met, were in the same tiny area of Tokyo for about 3 hours. It's super possible I walked past him. The next day he moved to the UK where I'm from, and I stayed in Japan. Only to be kicked out by the pandemic and meet him back in London.

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    Irish Lassie
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It took a minute to understand what she saw…center left in picture #2 is almost a perfect shadow of the dad in his baseball hat

    Shane Van Veghel
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's being cast by the very visible baseball hat perched on the refrigerator there.

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    Mikey Kliss
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This ones kinda twisted but I see the comfort

    Pam Ives
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dad has a snarky sense of humor.

    Jayjay
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is indeed a lot of coincidence!

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    McAndrew and other psychologists, anthropologists, and even author Stephen King agree that horror films are a safe place for us to explore our fears and rehearse what we would do if, say, zombies tore apart our town.

    Maybe these TikToks are too?

    #22

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    Korean Boi
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    all of these posts are making me trippy as f**k. like how? lol

    Definitely a Human
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Coincidence. If something has a one in a million chance of happening, well there are a million seconds in a month, so it should happen once a month. There are 8 billion people on earth, each doing billions of things. A couple things are gonna line up in funny ways now and then.

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    Jenni Howard
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not even the same breeds tho..

    Tyranamar Seuss
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah. This one's a stretch. And I do believe in some of this stuff.

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    jo brecht
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    okay 2 glasses with dogs, and 2 other dogs....

    jmdirks
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry but these dogs look nothing like the ones on the glasses.

    Aaron Parker
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    8 billion people. Cool stories are bound to happen

    Slap Shot
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a coincidence. They are the same coloring.

    Ms.GB
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's cool, now they have a set of "personalized" glasses

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    #23

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    Tara Moov
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, you and your partner will have an easy way to remind each other to wish your parents a happy anniversary!

    Gypsy Lee
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband's name is the same as my brother's. His mom and my mom have the same unusual first name. His mother's middle name is my dad's name.

    Paul Gerrard
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Coincidence. Inlaws ikely similar age. 1:365 odds for each year of age variance.

    Elliet Fitz
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please tell me you got married on December 22 too.

    Jossh Nine
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The parents of a girlfriend of mine from years ago shared their anniversary with my parents (same date but different year). 8 years later, my next serious long-term relationship, her parents and mine shared the exact same anniversary. We used to keep their wedding photos side by side, most likely taken at around the same time of day because they both had afternoon weddings.

    Heather Menard
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guessing they are getting married on December 22nd

    Ms.GB
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents and in-laws were both married in November. My husband and I were going to marry in October but they didn't have any dates available that we wanted so we ended up getting married in November....I really love fall.

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    This house is back in my family after over 100 years.

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    Papa
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Earlier this year my wife and I went to an event celebrating the purchase of a house and property by a charity that is near and dear to her heart. When we got there I recognized the house. I helped build it 30+ years ago.

    pep Ito
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Without further information this does not have to be by chance.

    Shaunn Munn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is wonderful! So happy for you and yours!

    Papa
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It may be the same house, but after extensive renovation and an add-on.

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    #26

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    Boo-Urns
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wut? This makes no sense as written.

    Ms.GB
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The ghost friend sent the mom a text saying her daughter was safe after she got into a car accident on the same day that the ghost friend got into an accident and died....that didn't help did it?

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    Birma Gustafsson
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She was in the same kind of accident as her mother's best friend, and her mother received after a text saying "She's safe," as a reassurence. I thought it was very clear.

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    Boo-Urns
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why? They don't really look anything alike...

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    Dragonfly
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't get why this is a big deal? I have a picture of a relative from a century ago who looked enough like me that my mother asked "is that a picture of you that's been made to look old timey, or one of the old family pictures your grandma sent you?" I thought it was cool, but I wouldn't expect anyone else to. We're relatives. It's not that weird we have a resemblance.

    Tobias Reaper
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    weird its almost like you are related

    Definitely a Human
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No way! Members of the same family.looking similar? Outrageous!

    Amelia Jade
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These aren't that weird. I looked identical to my great grandmother--to the point that when I was younger and found pictures, I was confused because I didn't remember the circumstances in which those pics were taken. It was her, not me. My brother looks a lot like our grandpa. My youngest son looks very much like my dad. My older son has the exact same smile as one of my cousins. Every time he is really happy and smiley, she comes to mind. Every time. My niece is the spitting image of my MIL. That is what DNA does. It isn't a weird coincidence for people who are related to actually look alike. The weird part is that so many of these have made the list, because they don't actually fit.

    jo brecht
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    family is some sort of "Mendel-ing"

    Fae
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait the 1900s one didn’t have a name!?

    Gracie Mae
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i have one like that of me & a distant cousin; freaky!

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    #28

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    Amazonia
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Clearly, Amazon thought you meant to start collecting them.

    Wintermute
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On another Reddit thread someone is lamenting how they've lost the same ring twice.

    Lara Elliott
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Avon rings were like this through early-mid 1980’s. I have that ring too.

    Caitlin Flynn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think they all came with the sizer already added. I have an identical ring from my mom ❤️

    Awesome At Being Autistic
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom had that ring when I was a kid in the 70s. It came as a free gift for her buying something, I can't remember what. It's just gold plated, so it can't be properly sized by a jeweller. Those sizers on them could be bought and you put the sizer on the ring yourself, you don't need a jeweller to do it.

    Mrs. Joe V
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dude..... I have that exact same ring! Literally identical! I got it when my grandma passed away.

    Beachbum
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure how this is remarkable?

    tom
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ring ring do your thing

    Slap Shot
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How about at the time returning it to its rightful owner?

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    #30

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    Notme
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One has “Yellowstone”, the other doesn’t. So not “the same exact shirt”.

    nini
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My bf has the same shirt, but in black

    Wayne Resnick
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have the same shirt, but in yellow and without the pictures and writing on it.

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    Joseph Lacko
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The logo on the kid’s shirt is filling the full front and not at all on the other one. 🤷🏼‍♂️

    ynyrhydref56
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They probably made more than one /s

    jo brecht
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yes, no coincidence; only similar t-shirt, and it has nothing to do with grandpa anyway....

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    #31

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    She’s my great great grandmother who died in 1923 during childbirth. I’m around her age, 100 years later. Her name is Jessie.

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    Mimi La Souris
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ok for the film, but the others... you see what you wanna see i think. but I can understand, when you miss someone, you look for them everywhere

    #33

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    #34

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    Rustyn Birch
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What? Doesn’t anyone know how to write stories that make sense anymore?

    ThisIsMe
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it is just a coincidence - someone inside that looks a lot like the little girl might when she is older.

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    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dad may be doing a bit of projecting here. Probably harmless.

    Boo-Urns
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And this is a "coincidence", how exactly?

    PotatoPanda
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vocal cords are one of the few things that rarely is passed between genetics so having the same voice is a really big coincidence.

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    ShellsBells
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was probably written by the aliens that were found in Mexico.

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    Mikey Kliss
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Takes 4 years... sounds miserable

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    #38

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    Phantom Phoenix
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please consult a dictionary and learn the difference between ancestor and descendant.

    Crazy Cookie
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Blue eyes and dark skin? Now that’s crazy

    Boo-Urns
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. STOP IT WITH THIS NONSENSE.

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "No offense, fella, but you look a lot better dead."

    #39

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    Lame Llama
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The people who posted these are not very smart, and mainly for views. The writer of bp who picked this up needs to go back to journalist school. Oh wait, anyone who has access to the internet is a journalist now and boredpanda is basically a re- hashing site. I forgot to adjust my expectation for a sec there. My bad.

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    Kimbowa
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hope you’re managing your health issues.

    Martine Remmelzwaal
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She actually looks a lot like the one currently at #35. With the old picture an old frame. (Where the girl doesn't look like the picture)

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    tom
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yeah me too, I went to a black tie function and you wouldn't believe it but, every guy was wearing a tux (insert cheeky sarcasm here)

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even more amazing, I went someplace where everyone - male and female - was dressed just like me. I wasn't so surprised the next time I went to that nudist colony.

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    Boo-Urns
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The exact same... knockoff major brand sneakers? Who cares!!!?!?!?!?!?!??!!