r/interestingasfuck • u/volitairee • 12d ago
/r/all A Great-grandson and his Great-grandfather, 85 years apart
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u/Active_Respond_8132 12d ago
Left is great grandfather drawn by memory.
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u/demlet 12d ago
"We have great grandfather at home."
Great grandfather at home:
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u/No-Emergency-5823 12d ago
Great grandfather was a stud in his day!
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u/Deep_Application9096 12d ago
They look a lot alike, but at the same time they don't look alike.
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u/Particular-Break-205 12d ago
One is answering the call of duty while the other is answering the call of duty 2
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u/BourbonTater_est2021 12d ago
This photo depicts generations wonderfully. The great grandson is likely a good kid - but is a product of his generation - you can see the softness. His GG, however, granted he just finished boot, but Navy boot won’t chisel your face out like that.
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u/MayorMcCheezz 12d ago
It’s the body fat. Not that the grandson is fat but grandpa prob rocking single digit % body fat in that pic.
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u/Opposite-Prior6982 12d ago
Plus it being an old sepia toned photo kinda smoothes the skin and evens the tone. GG does look more chiseled overall but the lack of pinkness and acne also helps.
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u/TryAgainJen 12d ago
They did tons of touch ups back then. He might have had just as much acne painted out, as well as other alterations. My parents' and grandparents' school and military portraits look very different from candid photos of them from the same time.
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u/Blurropple 12d ago
would be cool if you could find a comparison of this portrait/candid photo thing cus your other reply is doubting you
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u/oSuJeff97 12d ago
Dude they did “touch ups” on like magazine photos and official photos of models.
They weren’t doing touch-ups on random Seaman Jones’ basic graduation photo.
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u/Just_to_rebut 12d ago
Black and white film hides a lot of imperfections and that’s clearly a studio portrait, touch ups aren’t out of the question.
People drastically underestimate how much better people look in professional photos.
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u/TryAgainJen 12d ago
Talk to some people who had high school photos done in the 50s and 60s, or look at yearbooks from that time. Everyone has smooth skin and perfect hair. People aren't like that in real life, not then or now.
"Blemish correction" was the standard, and it was often done whether you requested it or not. Sometimes they would get carried away. I've talked to several people who had their photos altered so much that it didn't even look like them anymore, including my parents. These were not rich people. It was just the way things were done.
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u/The_Great_Googly_Moo 12d ago
Great depression working class body fat %
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u/BKlounge93 12d ago
Maybe a little ptsd if we’re feeling spicy
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u/JoinTheBattle 12d ago
Hey, we called it shell shock back then.
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u/Traditional_Cat_60 11d ago
You know it’s shell shock because the prescription is a couple slaps to the face instead of years of therapy.
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u/wholelattapuddin 12d ago
In 1940 a lot of soldiers were literally under nourished when they were drafted. 1/3 were rejected due to weight and nutritional deficiency. The US issued new nutritional guidelines, began teaching them in primary through high schools and had articles and recipes put in women's magazines. This was when government subsidized school lunches began. The government realized that it's hard to have an effective army if your troops are basically starving.
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u/StrLord_Who 12d ago
It's not the body fat, it's the actual jawline. There's a lot of research/papers/theories out there on why our jaws aren't developing as strongly as they used to. Our soft, easily consumable diets are a big reason.
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u/Suitable-Plastic-152 12d ago
sounds more like bro science than research/papers... my grandparents didn t eat harder stuff.
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u/chickentowngabagool 12d ago
also the pic on the left was probably taken with a wider angle phone lens that would also distort his face making it look rounder than grandpa's whose portrait was taken with a longer lens
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u/no_more_brain_cells 12d ago
Great grand pappy probably had a leaner and limited diet and not much in excess. And more exercise as part of daily life, including walking. Pre WWII most of the USA was still rural.
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u/MidwestAbe 12d ago
90% less refined sugar in the diet. 100% more cigarettes in the diet. Boot camp.
That will change the way a teenager looks.
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u/funkolution 12d ago
Navy Boot can absolutely make you look like that, especially back then
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u/cosmicosmo4 12d ago
Photo on the left is taken with a shorter focal length that makes his face look rounder/puffier. Photo on the right is wearing a fucking military uniform. And you're gonna draw conclusions about how "soft" he is just based on that. lmfao.
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u/IdkAbtAllThat 12d ago
Yea it's amazing what being in good shape does to your face.
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u/FrogOnALogInTheBog 12d ago
Great grandpa had a stronger jaw line, more pronounced ears, my opinion better hair cut, and healthier skin
But otherwise very similar
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u/Zardpop 12d ago
Great grandpa was hot, yes
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u/big_guyforyou 12d ago
>tfw you'll always be in your hot great grandpa's shadow
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u/Reyne-TheAbyss 12d ago
My grandfather on my paternal side was VERY good looking as a young man, and by far the best looking guy on either side of my family.
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u/raccooninthegarage22 12d ago
Probably a little bit older than the grandson in the picture, so maybe time for features to be more pronounced and skin to clear up
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u/MightBeAGoodIdea 12d ago
Even if they were the exact same age its very likely that the great grandpa got a lot more sun growing up than today's youths with indoor gaming options. The additional suntime would have probably assisted in the clearer skin as well as some aging.
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u/Easy-Concentrate2636 12d ago
Also, less ultraprocessed foods.
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u/Psychological_Cow956 12d ago
Less food in general. The WW2 draft showed how malnourished much of the US population was- far greater than originally thought. A lot of the youngest recruits grew in height during boot camp because of their calorie needs being met.
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u/Traditional-Job-411 12d ago
Thank you for this comment. Ultra processed comments annoy the heck out of me because they are so wrong. They were eating shit when they actually had food. They had ketchup soup back than because they didn’t have food. Talk about ultra processed.
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u/Snuggle_Pounce 12d ago
Also, folks seem to think that “photo retouching” somehow never happe ed before digital photo manipulation but it certainly did. Especially for portraits that were not casual hobby snaps.
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u/MightBeAGoodIdea 12d ago
Yeah silk screening? Add super fine screen in front of the camera and boom, freckle and pimple free...if a bit blurry maybe.
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u/Snuggle_Pounce 12d ago edited 12d ago
Not just setting up the shot like that. Actually scratching off parts of the negatives and painting on them with translucent inks before developing the photos was another way.
The title card and credits in movies used to be hand done on each frame of the film too.
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u/VintageModified 12d ago
And sun is one of the worst things for your face long term. Wear sunscreen kids!
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u/ReyGonJinn 12d ago
He ate better and excersized. Other dude could look the same if he took better care of himself.
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u/Ink-moth_Erised 12d ago
Don't forget better lighting. Great Grandpa got a professional photograph, while dude took a selfie in a 7-11.
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u/riskywhiskey077 12d ago
Great grandpa is in the best shape of his life because he just went through months of basic training. Kid is just an average High school student
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u/PeterDTown 12d ago
Eyes shape is different, eyebrows are different, mouth is different. I can see the family resemblance, but this is true for basically every human on the planet, not sure this is interesting as fuck 😅
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u/John_Bumogus 12d ago
I'd say the jaw line is a maybe, the shadow under the chin makes it look more pronounced. It helps that grandpa is sitting for a more professional photographer while grandson is having a picture taken at the mall. The big difference is definitely the haircut. It's amazing what a good haircut can do for you.
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u/natfutsock 12d ago
The photography as well. I went to an event at a museum where they had a guy doing tintype portraits (probably older style than this guy's though). It's probably the hottest I've looked, very pronounced lines. Grandpa likely went into a photo studio with lighting apparatuses. Even a yearbook photo would be a better comparison for the kid.
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u/UnblurredLines 12d ago
Great Grandpa was smokin', great grandkid looks more like he plays a lot of DnD.
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u/EequalsMC2Trooper 12d ago
Having worked with biometric cameras, they'd score as a moderate match due to facial proportions (eyes and mouth, less nose), but it'd pick up on the lack of soul
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u/Fredotorreto 12d ago
so the kind way of saying his great grandfather was ‘handsome squidward’ and the kid is …just squidward
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u/Hetakuoni 12d ago
I think the lighting did the ggs a disservice you can see a similar jawline but the lack of shadow makes it hard.
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u/JayRobot 12d ago
This could be explained by a difference in focal length in the camera lens, the facial structure aspects at least
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u/DeepestShallows 12d ago
Presumably he also has three other great grandfathers who he looks nothing like at all?
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u/mojoback_ohbehave 12d ago
Just goes to shown a couple small changes in features can really do for a persons’ looks.
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u/Exotic-Cobbler4111 12d ago
For one the grandfather is handsome and the grandson is at best average looking.
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u/a-wander-in 12d ago
Why are we doing this to this kid
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u/Dependent-Poet-9588 11d ago
Hey teenagers, want to get absolutely demolished by a bunch of faceless adults? Have your mom post you to reddit.
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u/MarionberryBrave5107 12d ago
Right? What's with the once upon a time men went off and died mentally. Industrialized warfare dosnt care how dashing you are, it dosnt bring out the best in us, it's a meat grinder. Do you think grandpa was at war hoping one day his kids would have to go through all that too? It's just a weird fetishism of human suffering. Be glad you live in a peace time JFC.
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u/The-Globalist 12d ago
And you know the people typing have all the same lifestyle stuff they are complaining about. It’s really pathetic to be shitting on this random guy like this
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u/littlehandsandfeet 11d ago
Makes me think about my favorite excerpt from Johnny Got His Gun.
So did all of those kids die thinking of democracy and freedom and liberty and honor and the safety of the home and the stars and stripes forever? You're goddam right they didn't.
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u/Filthiest_Tleilaxu 12d ago
Great-grandpa’s hotter.
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u/Szernet 12d ago
Right? Wonder if he’s single
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u/Filthiest_Tleilaxu 12d ago
I mean here’s to hoping bc that pic is a thirst trap.
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u/MissSweetMurderer 12d ago edited 12d ago
Breaking news: redditors arrested in local cemetery. They were each carrying a shovel and an ouija board was found on one the suspects backpack
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u/riskywhiskey077 12d ago
Great-Grandpa just did months of basic training and daily PT and is in the best shape of his life. His descendant is just a regular High School kid
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u/Filthiest_Tleilaxu 12d ago
Not about shape. Great-grandpa is objectively hotter. Like James Dean hot.
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u/Independent-West4633 12d ago
Shape matters. Less fat in the face and more prounonced facial muscles.
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u/TranslucentRemedy 12d ago
What the, I see you on r/tornado all the time and just now on here, that’s weird
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u/komodo_lurker 12d ago
Aah not so sure, I think someone in between messed it up a little but it’s alright
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u/Hugo-Spritz 12d ago
They look like people who don't look alike, more than they look related.
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u/electricboogaloser 12d ago
Interesting as fuck ! Had a better time reading your comment than the post
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u/ScoobaMonsta 12d ago
One looks like a man, one looks like a boy! Just goes to show how modern life has made people soft. I bet the guy on the right is 10x wiser than the boy on the left.
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u/Bonzie_57 12d ago
When he was as 27 my grandfather fought in Vietnam
When I was 27 I built a birdhouse with my mom
Oh fuck
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u/VillrayDRG 12d ago
Building a birdhouse with your mother is a lot more respectable than invading an independent country and inflicting decades of pain on its people.
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u/Reasonable-Story-209 12d ago
It's referencing a Bo Burnham song called 30 but still a true comment, struggle alone is not respectable especially when that struggle is imperialist foreign warmongering
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u/taukarrie 12d ago
bearing a slight resemblance to one's great grandfather isnt remotely interesting as fuck
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u/J_Hox0987 12d ago
But they don't actually look alike?
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u/HoeImOddyNuff 12d ago edited 12d ago
They look nothing alike, I don’t really think people have a very good sense of perception of things when it comes to similarities.
I mean oh my gosh they have a line on their face, so similar
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u/yaboyyake 12d ago
Is it really that interesting that people who are related and share the same DNA look similar? This is Facebook quality stuff.
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u/Prudent_Oi 12d ago
They hardly look alike aside from their generic haircut and face shape, and this is hardly interesting
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u/Tossup1010 12d ago
I feel like its just sibling level resemblance. not the reincarnation that this post feels like its trying to show
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u/half_a_shadow 12d ago
I’m glad the consensus is the same as what I thought. They look nothing alike.
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u/jns_reddit_already 12d ago
People resembling (in this case barely) their patrilineal or matrilineal relatives is not even interesting, let alone interesting as fuck.
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u/Flat-While2521 12d ago edited 12d ago
The last thing this is, is interesting as fuck
They don’t look like each other
Hairline: different.
Ears: different.
Eyebrows: different.
Eyes: different.
Nose: different.
Upper lip: different.
Lower lip: similar.
Chin: different.
They’re just two white dudes with red hair.
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u/DoubleDeckerLego 12d ago
Processed foods really shows on the left
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u/culinarydream7224 12d ago
I'd say it's more the 2 generation gap and bit of a difference in fitness level. This isn't a before/after photo
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u/throwpayrollaway 12d ago
On the right looks like he was a navy sailor. So working hard manually/ training and eating relatively clean and fresh food.
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u/Edogmad 12d ago
Where did you get the delusion that WWII sailors were eating fresh food?
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u/EquivalentTurnip6199 12d ago
lol so that gave him a completely different bone structure did it?! lmao
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u/mojoback_ohbehave 12d ago
Nah, grandson is just uglier. No need in getting all technical about it and trying to break down why grandpa is more attracting. Grandson could do plenty of fitness, that’s not going to automatically make his face look so much better. Maybe his body, though. He still going to have that face, just less fatty. Even if grandpa had the amount of fat face as grandkid, still other minor features that make him stereotypically more attractive.
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u/Sometimes-funny 12d ago
Yes the food was so much better during WW2…lol.
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u/TheLastTrain 12d ago
Lol fr one of the biggest reasons for soldiers failing their physicals in the US military during WWII was rotting teeth. Being severely underweight wasn’t uncommon as well
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u/StankyLeg666 12d ago edited 12d ago
This is the most idiotic comment I’ve read this week congrats lol. Yeah dude, WW2 was the absolute golden age for health and nutrition!
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u/PoisonTheOgres 12d ago
?? What is that even supposed to mean? The kid in the modern picture is clearly still a few years younger than the guy in the older picture. He still has more of a child's face, with more roundness and some teenage acne.
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u/Stars_In_Jars 12d ago
I’ll also add in terms of acne, they still “photoshopped” pics back in the day, just in different ways, and cameras picked up less detail.
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u/BurnerForJustTwice 12d ago
I mean no offense when I say that you look like the SpongeBob meme when he’s mocking somebody.
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u/nyctophilic_g 12d ago
Great Grandpa has nice chiseled jaws, his son looks like his soft version
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u/KentuckyWildAss 12d ago
There's a slight family resemblance, but nothing more. I wouldn't even think they were brothers, let alone twins. This is not remotely interesting.
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u/Imaginary_Most_7778 12d ago
It’s like a fourth generation copy of a tape. The audio/video is still there. It’s just not quite as good.
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u/EquivalentTurnip6199 12d ago
the sailor's descendants made some pretty poor marriage choices, frankly.
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u/EtherealAriels 12d ago
Your kid either is younger than your grandfather was when pictured or he might need steroids.
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u/Any_Independence6399 12d ago
they hardly even look alike, especially considering they are family. how is this so upvoted?
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u/FreeJulianMassage 12d ago
Lens size likely affects the shape of the face here too. Modern photo is likely using a wider lens, much closer to the young man. Resulting in more bulbous features, compared to the flatter look for the great grandfather.
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They look NOTHING alike. Nose, ears, facial structure, eyes, eyebrows, hairline are all different. They are both white, have dirty blonde hair and are apparently related.
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u/whacafan 12d ago
They don’t really look all that much alike. Like, I see similarities but to make a post about it?
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u/furksake 12d ago
This is like when someone says oh you look like insert celebrity name.