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Being born is a lot like rolling up a character in an RPG, but instead of magical powers and divine gifts from the gods, we tend to get muggle-worthy stuff like uncle Roger’s elaborate eyelashes and great-grandma Betsy’s charming smile. However… How-e-ver!
From time to time, the Universe gets lazy and decides to reuse old assets, copy-pasting the same genetic information. It might think that nobody will notice because it’s been at least one generation since it’s used that particular genetic code, but it’s darn wrong. That’s how people end up looking so much like their relatives, it’s spooky and has us wondering about secret government cloning facilities (the truth is out there!).
The r/AncestryDNA subreddit is a place for people to share their heritage and genetic ancestry, as well as to document how you might be the spitting image of your relatives, some of whom might still be alive while others lived hundreds of years ago. Check the photos people posted to the community down below and, as you’re scrolling down, upvote the ones that impressed you the most. Be sure to write a comment or two about who you resemble the most in your families, dear Pandas!
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#1
A Friend Of Mine Took This Picture At A Clinic. Rare Condition From Mother To Daughter
John Topper 4 years ago
Heterochromia iridum. It's not actually extremely rare. There are around 200,000 cases in the US alone. It's well known to be a generic trait that can be passed down.
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#2
I Never Understood Why People Said I Look Like My Dad Until We Found This Picture Of My Paternal Grandma
Lauren Reder 4 years ago
It's crazy how much you look alike. Think of all the other DNA in the mix, how can this be?
#3
My Son On The Left And My Dad On The Right W/My Little Sister
Bruce Scheiman 4 years ago
I'm really confused😲🤔🙃 I don't understand, how that can be her son on the left and her dad on the right, with her little sister? The picture on the left, looks like it was taken long ago. Around maybe, the 60s-70s.Which would put her, I'm thinking in her 60s or 70s. However, the on the right, looks like it was in the 80s? If that's her father, would put her, in her 50s.
Founded in the summer of 2017, the ‘AncestryDNA’ subreddit boasts 31.7k members, but has only 2 moderators. In our experience, that’s a sign that the community is very friendly and that the mods are able to keep everything in check without any additional help.
The rules there are pretty self-explanatory: be civil, don’t advertise random stuff. The subreddit also asks that its members don’t have others play ‘guess my ethnicity’ games, as there’s a megathread on another Reddit community dedicated to that. Bored Panda has reached out to both the r/AncestryDNA team, as well as the ‘Ancestry DNA’ firm for further comments and to confirm whether the two are directly linked or if the subreddit is a fan project.
#4
My Father And I At 29
#5
My Norwegian Great-Grandmother And I Favor Quite A Bit. According To My Test (And Genealogy Maps) My Scandinavian Roots Are Only 26%, But Her Genes Must’ve Been As Strong As Her Back!
Lauren Reder 4 years ago
I see it but wanted to say what a beautiful top you have on and of course, what a beautiful face you have bitch, lol.
Soozie Poozie 4 years ago
The resemblance is uncanny. It would be even more evident if both pics were in colour.
MERCI LANGSTON 4 years ago (edited)
I'm adopted and I have always wanted to see if I looked like anyone in my biological family.
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago
I didn't know my real dad until I was 25. My mom and step dad raised me. When I finally met my dad it was like looking in a mirror except he is male and 19 years older than me.
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#6
Me & My Mom’s Hs Grad Pics 2004/1971
Precious Alamu 4 years ago
You captured my scream. I literally screamed Whaaat???
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It’s not just our immediate family members that look just like us, however. Strangers can look identical to us, too. Many of us have had the uncanny realization that we've seen our doppelganger whether on the street or on our TV screens. It might not be a wacky coincidence, however. Geneticist Arthur Beaudet from the Baylor College of Medicine said that “people who look identical almost certainly share more DNA than two random strangers who don’t look alike.”
In other words, if you ever meet a person who has an uncanny resemblance to you, say ‘hi’ because they might be your long-lost cousin (or a clone, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves). Meanwhile, I’m just hoping that Keanu Reeves and I are actually related. That would be… breathtaking.
#7
The Genes Seem To Run Strong In My Fiancé’s Family
sturmwesen 4 years ago
Horror-movie-plot: It's the same person and once you are married he will bleed you dry.
#8
My Whole Life People Have Told Me "You Look Just Like Your Mom When She Was Your Age". I Never Saw It But When I Found This Old Picture Of My Mom (L) When She Was Little... I See It
Ninja Kitty 4 years ago
If im being honest she reminds me of Daphne from stuck in the middle 320181-600...5c0608.jpg 
#9
Me At Age 30 vs. My Dad At Age 14
eezycheezes101 4 years ago
Ok this is really amazing because they look a lot alike. On the other hand, her dad's smile, eyes, and eyebrows remind me of that guy that everyone keeps seeing in their dreams. Google it.
#10
My Paternal Grandfather And Me, I Always Thought I Looked Nothing Like My Dad Until I Saw His Dad
#11
3-Generations Me In 2019 (Left), Mom In 1992 (Bottom), And Grandma In 1974 (Top)
#12
My Friends Newborn Baby Was Born With The Same Birthmark In Her Hair As Her Mother
Xan Maranya 4 years ago (edited)
Haven't seen many uncontrollable baby expressions up close and personal, I guess.
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#13
I Often Hear How I Look Like My Grandmother...thoughts?
Joan Bohlmann 4 years ago
your face is longer than your grandmother's, but your other features are identical. beautiful eyes!
#14
My Maternal Grandmother And Me! Genes Are Funny
#15
Would Have Never Known I Was A Doppelganger Of My Great Grandmother (1894-1961) Without Ancestrydna. Today I Connected With My Fourth Cousin Who Sent Me This Photograph. I'm Shocked
Brandy Grote 4 years ago
I found a photo of my great great great grandmother. I know what I will look like in 20 years.
#16
Ancestry Helped My Father Find Out Who His Father Was! My Father(Left) Was Born In The 60’s And Grew Up Not Knowing Who His Biological Father Was. After Buying Him A Dna Test We Found Out His Father Had Passed Away But Dna Does Not Lie! Am I The Only One Who Thinks They Could Be Twins?
Kim Lorton 4 years ago
Yes! They look amazingly alike! Any other children that look similar to your dad?
#17
My Niece And My Sister, Her Aunt, At 6 Years Old
Final score:
140points
BILL CIPHER! 4 years ago (edited)
My little pony! The brony is strong in this young girl all the pony lovers upvote pls
H Edwards 4 years ago
I'm going to be that person.... I've seen this mistake a lot recently. Six years old is written as just that. You only need to hyphenate when using it as a descriptor/adjective, as in a six-year-old child. I don't mean to disparage whoever wrote this, because I understand why people make this mistake. I'll see myself out now.
#18
Paternal Cousins Results
#19
Me Compared To My Young Dad And Grandpa Today Traits
Valerie S. Mayer 4 years ago
love how you showed it! putting faces side by side was a great idea! you could be indeed the same person!!
#20
My Fathers Genes Run Strong My Twin!
#21
My Great Grandfather And My Dad - Genetics Are Crazy!
#22
Me And My Great Great Uncle
Eglė Bukauskaitė 4 years ago
Both are handsome - but the only resemblance is that both white, brunette and have a jar
#23
Me And My Great Uncle (Now vs. Wwii)
#24
My Grandmother And I At Age 2
Chu Yue Ling 4 years ago
My grandmother and 'me' at age 2. I is the subject, but here you are referring to yourself (and your grandma) as the object. Hence, 'me' is correct. You would not say 'this is a picture of I'. Compare, 'my grandmother and I went shopping. Since you're the subject here, 'I' is correct. And here endeth today's grammar lesson, kids! Yours, Grammar Nerd.
#25
My Dad And I Reconnect After 40 Years. Thanks To Ancestrydna For Matching Me With My Aunt Who Is His Sister So That We Could All Reunite
Alien 4 years ago
Am I the only one who feels like bored panda is having a collab w/ ancestry? It has been mentioned a lot-
Pau Tea 4 years ago
All these posts are taken directly from the subreddit r/AncestryDNA...Boredpanda merely sources all these posts from there, like a lot of their other posts
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#26
At Age Fifty I Found My Biological Father With Ancestry Dna. When We Started Comparing Pictures, This Pairing Really Stood Out
#27
My Great Grandfather (B. 1890 - D. 1965) Was Raising A Family Of 5 And Taking Care Of His Parents At My Age Now (24) All With A $50 A Year Salary In The Deep South
Jojo 4 years ago
I would help you. That would be a really eye opening story to hear as well. And I felt the urge to comment how beautiful that woman is.
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Please contact me at my website Picturesremembered. I'd like to try to restore this photo for free. It obviously means a lot to you and that's my favorite type of project.
Joan Humphreys 4 years ago
Your great grandfather is worthy of our admiration. What a great man he must have been.
Kim Lorton 4 years ago
Samenoses and cheek bone structure, lips and forehead, you look like you could be his sister!
SydneyP 4 years ago
God bless him. I know he had a tough job. Those days were hard on our citizens of color. My dad served in Vietnam and made friends with all races. He tells a story about how him and 3 other soldiers went to eat at a restaurant. The waitress said they could serve my dad and two of the other soldiers (who were all white) but would have to serve the black soldier out the back door. My dad flipped out and said “he’s a soldier just like we are and if you can’t serve him then you will not be serving me either!” and they all left. This really wasn’t that long ago if you think about it. It’s horrible to think about what these folks faced and still face! I’m grateful I was raised to love everyone no matter our differences. ✌️❤️😊
#28
Me And My Mum!
#29
Picture Of Me And My Grandmother (Dad's Mom) When She Was In Her Twenties. People Say I Have Similar Features To Her. I Think She Was So Beautiful. I'm Of Mixed Ethnicity Btw
Kim Lorton 4 years ago
You are both quite breathtaking! And the same features! Eyes, smile, neck, she has a cleft in her chin but yours is ot as visible. Wow!
#30
My Son And His 2nd Great-Grandfather. I Have Never Even Thought Of My Son As Being That Much Like Me, But The Resemblance Here Has Blown Us All Away
#33
My Half Brother On The Left And His Father On The Right (My Step Father )
#34
My Mom And Sister, Both At Age 6
#35
My Swiss/Austrian 2x Great Grandma Had Some Incredibly Strong Genes
#36
Through Ancestry We Discovered That My Grandpa Was Not Actually Bio Grandfather And That This Dude Was
#37
My Mother And I
#38
Me On The Left And My Mom On The Right, Both About 2 Years Old. Can Do The Same With High School As Well Lol
#39
My Uncle, Me, My Great Great Grandfather
#40
My Third Great Aunt Emma Jean And I
#41
Me, My Dad, My Dad's Father, And Then The Origin Of My Surname. I Think I Get My Features From My Mom's Side!
#42
My Direct Paternal Grandfather, Born 506 Years Apart
Yeah, you heard 4 years ago
They both have eyes, a nose, and a mouth. Beyond that, there's little resemblance.
Thundercuss 4 years ago
The shape of the eyes and upper lip are the same as well as the head. You can definitely tell they are related.
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#45
(L-To-R): Maternal Grandfather, Great-Grandfather, 2x Great-Grandfather
#46
Welp, I Know Where My Lips And Nose Come From. I Always Thought My Lips Were Inherited From My Maternal Side But These Are Paternal All The Way!
#47
I’m Half Arab-Amazigh (Dad’s Side) And My Mom Is Italian American. I Get Told I Look A Lot Like My Mom. I Mostly Think We Have The Same Eyes!
#48
My Grandmothers
#49
How My Dad And His 5th-Great Grandfather, Born Nearly 240 Years Prior, Compare
#51
Four Generations! It’s Interesting To See What Features We All Share
#53
Saw A Couple Of These Today And Wanted To Add Mine As I Only Recently Saw These Pictures For The First Time. Direct Paternal Line From My Slovene Great-Grandfather To Me!
#55
Here Is 6 Generations From My Ma To My 4th Great Grandmother. Born From 1845 To 1965, A 120 Year Difference. Ancestry Dna Has Worked Wonders On My Research Into My Ma’s Family
#56
Four Generations Of Maternal Lineage. Mostly Of Volga German Decent! Great Grandma And Grandma Also Had Red Hair
#57
Me On The Left, My Grandma On The Right
Aria Whitaker 4 years ago
I did a quick Google, and yep, that is certainly her!
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My 95 Year Old Grandfather's Results Have Come! (French-Canadian)
#59
Paternal Lineage. Great Grandpa, Grandpa, Dad, And Ya Boi
#61
5 Generations Of Sicilian Women
#62
Myself On Left, Great Grandmother On Right. Can’t Believe She Gave Me Only 1/8 Of My Genes!
*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 4 years ago
ma'am if you would please take a look at page 25 it's about genetics
#64
Thanks To Ancestry, I Could Make This! 5 Generations Of Women, From Me To My Great Great Grandmother
#65
Eight Generations Spanning Over Two Centuries. My X5 Great Grandfather At The End Was Born In 1785, Fought In The War Of 1812, And Died In The 1870's. I Enhanced And Colorized His Ca. 1849 Daguerreotype. His Son Was In The Civil War And Was Injured At Gettysburg
#66
My Parents & Me. When I Was Growing Up My Mom Used To Get Asked If She Was The Babysitter Or Nanny. Everyone Assumed That Because She’s Afro-Latina And I Didn’t Have Big Curly Hair Or Tanned Skin Before Puberty
Aria Whitaker 4 years ago
This is a bit sad, but relatable. My husband is White, and our daughter looks A LOT like him, with skin much fairer than mine. I have been asked "Aw, she is so pretty, whose is she?"...assuming she is not mine due to my brown skin. It hurts a bit at first, but most dont mean it maliciously, and you learn to brush it off. Lovely family!
#67
I Figured Why Not. The Women Of My Life!
#68
Growing Up, I Was Always Told That I Was My Dad’s Twin. I Never Really Saw It Until Recently!
#70
Maternal Grandparents - (Left To Right, Top To Bottom): 1942, Age 22; 1965, Age 45; 2002, Age 82; 2005, Age 85
Sylvia W 4 years ago
Is this not the same couple at various ages? This post is about copy-pasted genes, no?
*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 4 years ago
I mean they did kind of copy and paste their grannie's genes, did they not? XD
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PjandBolt 4 years ago
My friend's dad is adopted, and found pictures of his bio dad, and found out that he had a long-lost sister and other bio family. When they met in person, his sister cried because he looks so much like his bio dad
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
You can get some remarkable results when you voluntarily hand over your DNA to some firm without any explicit guarantee that they won't use your information or DNA for other purposes.
Joris Rombouts 4 years ago
It surprising, but this may not be a case of genetic inheritance only. Certain habits like clothes style, beard care, hair dressing or things like social class, determine I would assume your looks are influences by them. They can also be passed on from generation to generation. I am sure genes played a role, but do not forget the role of these other things. Also predestination belief and wishfull thinking play a part in this.
Katerina Huskova 4 years ago
Genetics are crazy...yes...my older daughter is copy-paste of my husband. Comparing photos at the same age they look like twins. My younger daughter is copy-paste of her cousin (my sister's younger daughter) Insane 🙃
Vicky Zar 4 years ago
My grandmother and great grandmother could have been twins. Once I looked at old photos and was like "oh thats grandma here (looking like the grandma I've always known, not a younger version) and my Mom says "No, thats your great Grandma!". They looked exactly the same! Same round face, same hairstyle, same wrinkles.
PjandBolt 4 years ago
My friend's dad is adopted, and found pictures of his bio dad, and found out that he had a long-lost sister and other bio family. When they met in person, his sister cried because he looks so much like his bio dad
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
You can get some remarkable results when you voluntarily hand over your DNA to some firm without any explicit guarantee that they won't use your information or DNA for other purposes.
Joris Rombouts 4 years ago
It surprising, but this may not be a case of genetic inheritance only. Certain habits like clothes style, beard care, hair dressing or things like social class, determine I would assume your looks are influences by them. They can also be passed on from generation to generation. I am sure genes played a role, but do not forget the role of these other things. Also predestination belief and wishfull thinking play a part in this.
Katerina Huskova 4 years ago
Genetics are crazy...yes...my older daughter is copy-paste of my husband. Comparing photos at the same age they look like twins. My younger daughter is copy-paste of her cousin (my sister's younger daughter) Insane 🙃
Vicky Zar 4 years ago
My grandmother and great grandmother could have been twins. Once I looked at old photos and was like "oh thats grandma here (looking like the grandma I've always known, not a younger version) and my Mom says "No, thats your great Grandma!". They looked exactly the same! Same round face, same hairstyle, same wrinkles.
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