36 Side-By-Sides Of People And Their Lookalike Ancestors That Just Miiiiight Make You Question Time Travel
Recently, we asked the BuzzFeed Community to show us side-by-sides of them and their lookalike ancestors. Here are some of the most bizarrely uncanny submissions we received!!!
NOTE: Some pictures are from Reddit because they were far too good to not show you.
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"My son and his dad around the same age."
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"I’m adopted and was reunited with my biological father via Ancestry. He sent me pictures of family and I realized that my biological grandfather and I look almost identical. I had never looked like anyone before, so it was very special."
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"Here's my Kindergarten picture and my son at the same age. He’s definitely mine — down to the gap!"
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"My grandma around the age of 24 and me when I was 24 years old!"
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"My husband and his dad!"
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"Me and my mom."
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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! from AncestryDNA
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"My great-grandpa's baby picture and my son Elijah's around the same age."
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"Accidentally got the same haircut my grandma had. As a teenager, I would stand under this picture anytime I got in trouble — thank GOD I look so much like her that my mom felt bad yelling! 🙏🏼"
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"My daughter and me, both at 6 years of age."
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"My son and my grandfather."
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"I’m about 20 years older than she was here, but you get the idea."
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"My picture as a little girl basically looks like my son with a wig on. (I was wearing makeup because it was Halloween.) People comment all the time on how we’re twins."
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"My brother and our maternal granddad."
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"Me (mother) to the left and my daughter to the right."
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"Me and my son! Everyone says he's my little twin. We even have the same dimple!"
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"That’s me on the left, my mom on the right. Same age, same terrible haircut 😂"
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"Me and my paternal grandmother, I'm 17 or 18 here and she's in her early twenties, both of us posing in our theatre costumes after a show. I'm wearing a wig, but underneath I had a similar haircut."
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"People tell me I look like my grandma all the time. I don't see it."
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"Fraternal grandma on the left, and me."
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"My hairstylist and I decided to re-create my late mother’s old-school selfie when I saw the salon’s classic heat lamp."
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"My great-great-grandmother and me!"
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"My son is almost identical to my dad when he was the same age."
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"My paternal grandma, who passed away last May. We’re both feisty and have the same saucy head tilt!"
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"My maternal grandma and me."
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"My nan on her wedding day and me. People always say that I look identical to her. I don't know if I see it, but I like to think so!"
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"When I straighten my hair, I look just like my mom! She died a few years ago and it makes me feel close to her."
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"My middle school self bared a striking resemblance to my great-grandmother."
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"Me and my maternal grandmother."
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"This is my mom and I around the same age!"
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"My paternal grandma. We also share a birthday!"
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"Me and my grandmother. I wish I'd gotten to meet her, but I feel like I carry her with me because we look so alike!"
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"My mother really said 'copy-paste' with me!"
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"Three generations. Me, my mom, and her mom. Lots of hair!"
Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.