A Person Who Looks Like You. You may wonder: ‘Is there a person who likes me?’ Yes, there is a person who looks like you. We’ll further discuss your doppelganger below and more. Also, we’ll also find out how can you track your so-called twin.
Do You Have a Doppelgänger?
What are the chances that you have a doppelgänger? According to one study, the chances of two persons having identical facial features are fewer than one in one trillion.
To put it another way, on our globe of over 7 billion individuals, there is only a one in 135 chance of finding a single pair of doppelgängers.
These probabilities, however, only apply if the measurements of a person’s face traits are correct. The problem is that our brains don’t work like algorithmic facial recognition software.
Yes, we don’t look at someone’s face in isolation from other people’s faces. Instead, we recognize people’s faces as a “sum of parts”. Moreover, we take in the entire face at once rather than getting caught up in millimeter measurements of their ears or nose.
With this in mind, we can consider two people who have the same hair and face shape and grin to be doppelgängers. They appear to be nearly identical. This type of pseudo-doppelgänger is considerably more likely to appear in your life than an actual counterpart.
An Easy Way to Find Your Doppelgänger
You most likely know a person who looks like you, and that person is probably closer than you think! In fact, you’re more likely to resemble distant cousins and forebears than a complete stranger due to your shared genetics.
The question is, who do you most resemble?
There’s an easy method to find out! If you’ve ever wondered if you look more like Mom or Great-grandpa, you can find out with FamilySearch’s Compare-a-Face tool.
You can upload a photo of yourself and compare it to family members, including great-great-grandparents and distant relatives, using facial recognition software. In just a few clicks, you may find your doppelgänger with this fun!
How To Do It?
- Click Compare-a-Face on FamilySearch’s Discovery page. You will be asked to log in to your FamilySearch account. You can create an account if you don’t already have one.
- You can upload or snap a photo of yourself to compare faces with.
- If you don’t have any images of your family on your computer, the next page will ask you to either upload a file or take a photo of yourself to compare your face too. If you already have images in your Family Tree, you’ll be taken to a page with a list of relatives and a percentage of how similar you are to them. See who your family’s doppelgängers are by clicking through these photos!
Final Thoughts
FamilySearch will not be able to compare your face to images if you haven’t uploaded your family’s images to Memories or your family tree.
Start by adding the first four generations to your tree if you’ve just created an account or need to upload more information.
When you link up to a departed member, your tree may immediately populate with information about your family that other people have added, including photographs.
You may also upload images of your ancestors quickly and effortlessly.