25 Jaw-Dropping Examples of Genetics Hitting Copy-Paste in Families Because Why Mess With a Prototype That's Perfect
We have all heard that history likes to repeat itself. However, history isn't the only one favoring a recurring pattern. As these people who shared their images alongside that of their family members prove, genetics is a particularly big fan of the proverb, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Genes work in miraculous ways. Although there's still much we need to learn about genetics, it is undeniable that a person's genes play a significant role in what they look like. For some, the apple really doesn't fall far from the tree and they end up looking exactly like their parents or grandparents or another ancestor further up the line.
Have you ever come across an old photo album and noticed an uncanny resemblance to your uncle's cousin or grandmother? Or some long-lost aunt? While experts probably have a reasonable explanation for this, we are constantly left speechless by such occurrences. A Twitter user named Shelby Contra got other netizens to share their genetic copy-paste stories by sharing her grandmother's image alongside that of hers at around the same age. The likeness was spellbinding.
Here are the 25 best instances of genetics creating carbon copies of people in their lineage:
1. Real beauties
My mom on her wedding day, me at junior prom! I love looking just like my hero ❤️ pic.twitter.com/aAQU9HZmhm
— Olivia Moe (@obliviuh) May 24, 2020
2. You can't tell me these aren't photos of the same person
Grandma’s genes really hit copy n paste huh pic.twitter.com/oOtKHl8aSQ
— Shelby ⚡️ (@contrashelby) May 23, 2020
3. Aww!! How sweet
4. Same girl, same
5. Eyebrows on point
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6. Wow, so similar
Same. apparently I sit and talk like her too pic.twitter.com/O4rVBlIo4S
— Adedoyin (@AddyO_OLuyi) May 24, 2020
7. Literal twin
8. Like mother, like daughter
My mom and me. People say I look just like my nan too pic.twitter.com/Pj2nbNi8J4
— mega fam in AUSTIN TX!! (@mwinfinityband) May 24, 2020
9. WOW!
10. If it ain't broke, don't fix it
11. Handsome runs in the family
12. Scary genes
My mother, pregnant with me.
— The Weeble that wobbled but did fall down (@lexieeWABO) May 24, 2020
My, pregnant with my son.
Genetics are scary. pic.twitter.com/L23ENRk4tB
13. Mind blown
14. She left a part of herself behind
Same! And I only discovered this after my grandpa passed... Now my whole family is realizing I look so much like her since she passed on April 1st 💕 pic.twitter.com/ngfSPBMOHd
— patches o’houlihan (@rafikiiiii) May 24, 2020
15. OMG!
My mother and my daughter 😬 pic.twitter.com/vFn4GjpgtY
— SHINee’s 6th member (@TaeMinnieMarie) May 24, 2020
16. Practically the same person
17. Tthe apple does not fall far from the tree
It’s not the we’re exactly alike, I just think it’s eerie how you can tell how similar we are in this one photo facial structure-wise. This is my brother, father, and I pic.twitter.com/qIBYzIX5Uq
— knight ⛓️ (@egocorvum) May 24, 2020
18. Reincarnation
19. Wild resemblance
Me and my great grandmother, who I share my name with! pic.twitter.com/ZgURoQU3Sk
— Adeline (@Gumption_Gal) May 24, 2020
20. What?!!
My Mama recently found this pic of her birth mother 💞 pic.twitter.com/zwolnz52t8
— 𝕄𝕚𝕤𝕤 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕚 🎀 (@FlirtyNikka) May 24, 2020
21. Ctrl+C
Lol ... but same. My Nana is my twin. My mom in the the blue 💙 pic.twitter.com/0pX6HlKAGp
— Queen Coco 💋 (@CocoImanii) May 24, 2020
22. The exact same smile
I think about this picture of my dad and me a lot. I stole 75% of his face. pic.twitter.com/vgcT4T5Ysn
— Camila (@_camz) May 24, 2020
23. Precious
So amazing! I've always loved that I resemble my mom because she's my shero. pic.twitter.com/H0SzzGPTd2
— Jordan Willow Evans (@jordarooski) May 24, 2020
24. All powerful women in the family
my whole fam and especially my aunts always tell me that I look and act just like my grandma, I love this powerful woman sm❤️🥺 pic.twitter.com/wcfX0Jc9qL
— sophia ✾ (@soph_rodriguez4) May 24, 2020
25. One of each
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25 times genetics hit copy and paste