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Part of what makes genetics so interesting is that a lot of their effects aren't visible. But some people can learn a lot about their biological inheritance by simply comparing themselves to their ancestors.
Shelby Contra, 23, is one of them. Recently, she tweeted photos of herself and her grandmother to show just how similar the two looked when they were about the same age. "Grandma's genes really hit copy n paste huh," Shelby captioned the pics.
Her tweet went viral and nearly 555K people have already liked it, leaving over 1.1K responses. Many of which are their own side-by-side images that show their uncanny cross-generational resemblance. Continue scrolling and check out some of the craziest ones!
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A friend of mine took this picture at a clinic. Rare condition from mother to daughter.
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My friend's newborn baby was born with the same birthmark in her hair as her mother.
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Marlowe Fitzpatrik 5 years ago
There's still enough difference around the chin and lips, but very close indeed
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I have a hereditary gap in my eyebrow. It’s a portrait of my great great grandfather on the left, my dad also has the gap as well. It doesn’t always show, I guess because my eyebrows are kinda unruly and curly so sometimes the gap is covered, I also sometimes fill them especially because I’ve had people ask if I shaved the gap to be “cool”.
#7
My brother-in-law got a thumb from each parent.
stripper dream 5 years ago
Oh wow. That's half amazing and half freaky. Well done, genetic code!
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My daughter and I have the same dimple in our foreheads.
#12
Like father like son. Love you pops.
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troufaki13 5 years ago
Ιn Greece we say "the father was asleep during the conception" when the child doesn't get anything from him!
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Visual representation of genetics.
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Candace Sunlight 5 years ago
all you idiots spewing c**p and mean words: shut up. just be quiet.
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Benny Best 5 years ago
is anyone else confused that she said i didnt realise it until my grandpa passed and then called her grandpa a she?
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NevadaJo 5 years ago
If he see this he can send me a message and we can exchange emails. I haven't been doing them long enough to do extensive repairs but I'd be willing to try restoring it.
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Rosie Hamilton 5 years ago
The upper half of the face is similar - they have quite different jaw lines.
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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
Rodney..what? Maybe you should just go do something else.
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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
Your daughter is going to be a force to be reckoned with when she gets older!
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Sumara 5 years ago
I don't come on Bored Panda to see racist comments. Lester Freake needs to be blocked.
deanna woods 5 years ago
I agree 1000%. It seems that over the last few months that more and more racist people are coming on here just to spew hate.
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Celeste Grant 5 years ago
Can not believe the racism displayed on this post. Bored Panda need to act immediately. This should not be tolerated; so many people here are standing up and calling this out. We don't not accept these racist attitudes as part of our collective society here and demand these people are removed.
Jo Choto 5 years ago
Genetics is fascinating, which traits stay strong throughout the generations. We are lucky enough to have photos going back four/five generations from me. On my maternal side, all the women have the same chin. It's weird to look at my chin and then at a great-great relative and see my chin on her face, or see her chin on my face.
Tracey Hirt 5 years ago
Please stop engaging the troll. If you look at this profile, all the comments are designed to start c**p. Don't give him the attention he is seeking, and he will go away.
Jace 5 years ago
That’s why more than three downvotes hides posts. It should hide their user name too.
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DamnBecky 5 years ago (edited)
One grandmother was Miss Texas, the other was a VA pinup girl during WWII. I think those genes got diluted a bit getting to me.
sosunlight 5 years ago
What a fascinating history! I'm sure you're beautiful <3
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Mystery Egg 5 years ago
After my grandmother passed away in the late 90's, we were clearing her stuff and came across a photo of a lady in Victorian type clothing. The picture was very worn at the bottom and was on tin, not photographic paper. After some research, it was found that this was popular in the1860's-1870's. The lady in the picture is my doppleganger! If I donned Victorian garb you would not be able to spot the difference. Nobody knows who she was though. Sadly, anyone that would was long gone by the time we found the picture.
AzKhaleesi 5 years ago
my grandparents had 4 sons, and the other day I was talking to my dad and I realized that out of all the brothers, the more they age, the more my dad looks IDENTICAL to my grandfather. Makes me miss him even more.
Jack Chandra 5 years ago
We found a pic of a relative from the late 1800's Looks exactly like my brother.
Kim Lorton 5 years ago
I think genetics is so amazing! These genetic look a likes are fantastic pictures and everyone is beautiful! Stop trolling them, whoever you are! How about posting a pic of you? Would you like negative comments spread about you? I would think not. This was amazing to see! My favorite though, hands down, was the eyebrow genetic trait!
CatWoman312 5 years ago (edited)
I’m definitely my moms clone. I remember when my grandpa was still alive I was looking through some old pictures and I came across a picture of who I thought was me. He said no that’s your mom. She could have been my twin...well I hers lol
LOttawa 5 years ago
Same with me and my daughter. There are a few pictures that if I put them side by side it would be hard to say who's who. I just did one with her wearing my graduation dress (she wanted it) and we are the exact same.
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Stannous Flouride 5 years ago
I'm not ready to commit completely but maybe, just maybe mind you, that Gregor Mendel guy was on to something... Screen-Sho...d84ff1.png 
Meyer Weinstock 5 years ago
When I found and met my biological family in 2018, we compared child photographs. What came out is that my half-sister, as a child, looked liked my own eldest daughter, and my extended adopted family all thought that the images were of my child, not my half-sister, who is 15 years older than my eldest daughter. -Dr M
deanna woods 5 years ago
My whole life, I have been told that I look just like my aunt(my dad's sister) and over the years I have realized that they are right. We are both short and stout and we both have chubby cheeks. We are said to have similar personalities. We are both loud and scream a lot. The only difference is the size of our feet and the fact that I am not as lazy as her.
D-m Keilman 5 years ago
We found a pic of my great great great grandmother after my grandmother passed. It looked like my cousins clone. The thing is, she adopted her daughter from an orphan train. So no genetic relation between us at all. IMO, we all kinda look alike.
Lindsey or Something 5 years ago
I love these. I look just like my Nanny, but the one we actually have pics to prove is my brother. If you go back to when he was 5, he looks just like our mom, but pics of my dad at 16 look exactly like my brother did then. And as for me looking like my Nanny, my dental history is EXACTLY the same as hers but she still doesn't get why I had braces at 7.
Joseph Brzezinski 5 years ago
Why do you all give Lester and Rodney the attention they so obviously looking for. Just downvote their comment and move on.
Fred Bigox 5 years ago
If you ignore people like Rodney and Lester they will stop posting. They love it when people respond so dont give them what they want
Ruth Beaty 5 years ago
It's hard to tell my baby photos apart from youngest sister's, we looked so much alike at the same ages. Not so much now, lol, since I'm 12 years older than her.
Picture Queen 5 years ago
This is my oldest son, my grandson and me. Guess the genes are strong here lol TJACollage...05d4f5.jpg 
Barbara Vandewalle 5 years ago
My grandmother had a twin brother. He had daughter who looked like grandma's twin sister. She looked more like grandmother, her aunt, than did her own daughters.
Jos Tiguidou 5 years ago (edited)
What especially gets me is that some of these pictures of "grand parents" look like they are from the 80's! Which makes it all look like they are from the same person since the pictures don't show much age. Man that makes me feel so damn old. My grandparents were all born in the 20's/40's ha!
Helen Haley 5 years ago
I look nothing like my parents or grandparents. Certain features can be tracked, but overall I'm a bit of an anomaly. Everyone on my mothers side all has strong, strong resemblance to each other. Dad's side all look similar. Then there's me, with my grab bag of genetics. I managed to inherit darn near every recessive gene in the family.
FurryManiac 5 years ago
I cannot relate to this at ALL! I look like no one else in the fam, and am often asked if I was adopted. sometimes I wished I had this sort of comparison though.
Sumara 5 years ago
I don't come on Bored Panda to see racist comments. Lester Freake needs to be blocked.
deanna woods 5 years ago
I agree 1000%. It seems that over the last few months that more and more racist people are coming on here just to spew hate.
Load More Replies... Celeste Grant 5 years ago
Can not believe the racism displayed on this post. Bored Panda need to act immediately. This should not be tolerated; so many people here are standing up and calling this out. We don't not accept these racist attitudes as part of our collective society here and demand these people are removed.
Jo Choto 5 years ago
Genetics is fascinating, which traits stay strong throughout the generations. We are lucky enough to have photos going back four/five generations from me. On my maternal side, all the women have the same chin. It's weird to look at my chin and then at a great-great relative and see my chin on her face, or see her chin on my face.
Tracey Hirt 5 years ago
Please stop engaging the troll. If you look at this profile, all the comments are designed to start c**p. Don't give him the attention he is seeking, and he will go away.
Jace 5 years ago
That’s why more than three downvotes hides posts. It should hide their user name too.
Load More Replies... DamnBecky 5 years ago (edited)
One grandmother was Miss Texas, the other was a VA pinup girl during WWII. I think those genes got diluted a bit getting to me.
sosunlight 5 years ago
What a fascinating history! I'm sure you're beautiful <3
Load More Replies... Mystery Egg 5 years ago
After my grandmother passed away in the late 90's, we were clearing her stuff and came across a photo of a lady in Victorian type clothing. The picture was very worn at the bottom and was on tin, not photographic paper. After some research, it was found that this was popular in the1860's-1870's. The lady in the picture is my doppleganger! If I donned Victorian garb you would not be able to spot the difference. Nobody knows who she was though. Sadly, anyone that would was long gone by the time we found the picture.
AzKhaleesi 5 years ago
my grandparents had 4 sons, and the other day I was talking to my dad and I realized that out of all the brothers, the more they age, the more my dad looks IDENTICAL to my grandfather. Makes me miss him even more.
Jack Chandra 5 years ago
We found a pic of a relative from the late 1800's Looks exactly like my brother.
Kim Lorton 5 years ago
I think genetics is so amazing! These genetic look a likes are fantastic pictures and everyone is beautiful! Stop trolling them, whoever you are! How about posting a pic of you? Would you like negative comments spread about you? I would think not. This was amazing to see! My favorite though, hands down, was the eyebrow genetic trait!
CatWoman312 5 years ago (edited)
I’m definitely my moms clone. I remember when my grandpa was still alive I was looking through some old pictures and I came across a picture of who I thought was me. He said no that’s your mom. She could have been my twin...well I hers lol
LOttawa 5 years ago
Same with me and my daughter. There are a few pictures that if I put them side by side it would be hard to say who's who. I just did one with her wearing my graduation dress (she wanted it) and we are the exact same.
Load More Replies... Stannous Flouride 5 years ago
I'm not ready to commit completely but maybe, just maybe mind you, that Gregor Mendel guy was on to something... Screen-Sho...d84ff1.png
Meyer Weinstock 5 years ago
When I found and met my biological family in 2018, we compared child photographs. What came out is that my half-sister, as a child, looked liked my own eldest daughter, and my extended adopted family all thought that the images were of my child, not my half-sister, who is 15 years older than my eldest daughter. -Dr M
deanna woods 5 years ago
My whole life, I have been told that I look just like my aunt(my dad's sister) and over the years I have realized that they are right. We are both short and stout and we both have chubby cheeks. We are said to have similar personalities. We are both loud and scream a lot. The only difference is the size of our feet and the fact that I am not as lazy as her.
D-m Keilman 5 years ago
We found a pic of my great great great grandmother after my grandmother passed. It looked like my cousins clone. The thing is, she adopted her daughter from an orphan train. So no genetic relation between us at all. IMO, we all kinda look alike.
Lindsey or Something 5 years ago
I love these. I look just like my Nanny, but the one we actually have pics to prove is my brother. If you go back to when he was 5, he looks just like our mom, but pics of my dad at 16 look exactly like my brother did then. And as for me looking like my Nanny, my dental history is EXACTLY the same as hers but she still doesn't get why I had braces at 7.
Joseph Brzezinski 5 years ago
Why do you all give Lester and Rodney the attention they so obviously looking for. Just downvote their comment and move on.
Fred Bigox 5 years ago
If you ignore people like Rodney and Lester they will stop posting. They love it when people respond so dont give them what they want
Ruth Beaty 5 years ago
It's hard to tell my baby photos apart from youngest sister's, we looked so much alike at the same ages. Not so much now, lol, since I'm 12 years older than her.
Picture Queen 5 years ago
This is my oldest son, my grandson and me. Guess the genes are strong here lol TJACollage...05d4f5.jpg
Barbara Vandewalle 5 years ago
My grandmother had a twin brother. He had daughter who looked like grandma's twin sister. She looked more like grandmother, her aunt, than did her own daughters.
Jos Tiguidou 5 years ago (edited)
What especially gets me is that some of these pictures of "grand parents" look like they are from the 80's! Which makes it all look like they are from the same person since the pictures don't show much age. Man that makes me feel so damn old. My grandparents were all born in the 20's/40's ha!
Helen Haley 5 years ago
I look nothing like my parents or grandparents. Certain features can be tracked, but overall I'm a bit of an anomaly. Everyone on my mothers side all has strong, strong resemblance to each other. Dad's side all look similar. Then there's me, with my grab bag of genetics. I managed to inherit darn near every recessive gene in the family.
FurryManiac 5 years ago
I cannot relate to this at ALL! I look like no one else in the fam, and am often asked if I was adopted. sometimes I wished I had this sort of comparison though.
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