Have you ever looked in the mirror

[wintermom]

... and seen your son's face looking back at you?  

I was wearing a black hoodie (which is rare) and recently out of the shower. I glanced at myself in the mirror and there was my son. 😨 It kind of threw me off. I put on a colourful sweater and dried my hear and looked again in the mirror. I was back again. Phew. Very weird to not ever notice the family resemblance before. 😉

[Jaybee]

Not my son, but definitely my older sister! It freaks me out, because she is the one I least looked like growing up. And sometimes, there is an old-looking woman who stares back at me. I don't understand it at all, when I still feel 30.

[TechWife]

My mother is often reflected in my mirror. 

[Innisfree]

1 minute ago, TechWife said:

My mother is often reflected in my mirror. 

Ditto

[Arctic Bunny]

I always find it... not weird... unsettling, maybe? when I am up close, face to face, talking to DS1 (like maybe a night time chat) and I see myself looking back at me.

[catz]

My dad!

[Ali in OR]

Not in the mirror, but Facebook thinks my dd is me which is kind of flattering since she's 4 inches taller and 20 pounds lighter, not to mention 36 years younger!

[Carrie12345]

Not specifically that, but I catch glimpses of people in my kids that are sometimes startling. The other day, my 17yo made an odd face that COMPLETELY transformed her into my little sister when she makes odd faces. They’re only together once a year on average and usually not for a long time, so it definitely wasn’t a mannerism/expression that she picked up, but a genetic programming.

My sister and I look as similar as the average sibling pair, which is to say people might notice it when we’re introduced, but no one  finds us all that remarkably matched. (She’s the pretty one. :-p)Yet, when I see pictures of my little nephew, I can’t tell whether he looks just like my baby pictures or hers.

[Junie]

Sometimes I see my sister looking back at me.  I have never looked like my sister.  

[alisoncooks]

Not the mirror, but sometimes I open my mouth and my mother's voice comes out. 

[jen3kids]

My 2 sisters and I look so much like our mum and her sisters.  I sometimes have to check the dates and locations of FB pictures to see if it's me or one of my sisters, or perhaps my aunt!  And, my oldest son and I have the same eyes, so I do see him in me at times too.

[Familia]

I look like my brother!  

ETA, and I do not believe that is something women normally aspire to, so I am not too happy about that!

Edited January 4, 2021 by Familia

[happi duck]

My late sister once showed me a photo where she looked *exactly* like our older brother!  She changed her haircut after that iirc.

[HSmomof2]

Yes, much to my son’s dismay 😂.....we look very much alike, and people comment on it frequently. Though I’m glad he got his dad’s personality......I’m very quiet and reserved. He’s extremely outgoing and friendly. 

[wintermom]

1 hour ago, TechWife said:

My mother is often reflected in my mirror. 

That happens to me all the time. It's a little annoying, but I've looked like her all my life so I'm used to it. My dd looks a lot like me, but I was just shocked to see such a strong likeness of my son. I did notice that he looked too short in the mirror, though. 😂 I may have his face but I don't have his height now.

[Ottakee]

Occasionally my mom....and on rate occasion, my grandfather 

[Hilltopmom]

Yes, and I recently decided to grow out my beloved pixie cut because of it!!

[kbutton]

No, but I look at one of my sons and see the spitting image of my grandfather. When he opens his mouth, my brother’s voice jumps out.

[mathnerd]

The other way around: when I look at my son in profile, I see myself and several members of my family (some of them long deceased) in his face.

[wintermom]

1 hour ago, Hilltopmom said:

Yes, and I recently decided to grow out my beloved pixie cut because of it!!

Yes, I can totally understand this! I love my ds, but I don't want to look like him. 😄  I may not wear that hoodie much anymore.

[StillStanding]

My son looks like my brother, and both of them look like my father. I used to look look like my father too, but now that I am middle age I look like my mother, go figure. 

Edited January 4, 2021 by StillStanding

[Guest]

6 hours ago, Jaybee said:

Not my son, but definitely my older sister! It freaks me out, because she is the one I least looked like growing up. And sometimes, there is an old-looking woman who stares back at me. I don't understand it at all, when I still feel 30.

I think this whenever I hear myself in a video clip. The way I talk, the way I laugh - it is identical to my next sister up. We also did not look alike as kids, mostly because I had very light skin/hair, while hers was much darker. Now we look much more alike and we have very similar mannerisms. 

Someone who had known me for many years said, “Do you have a sister named __________? I met her and she has your same mannerisms.” 

[Wheres Toto]

My mother and my brother definitely.   

[Laura Corin]

Yes. I used the clippers on my son's hair and  we now gave essentially the same hair cut, same thick dark brows.

More often I see my elder brother's eyes and eyebrows- we have the same droopy lids.

 

[rebcoola]

I look exactly like my grandmother it's really weird looking at 75 yr old photos and seeing my face.  

My voice is my half sisters it's so weird we are nothing alike otherwise.  

My ODD did a snap chat filter and looked just like DH's male cousin.

[happi duck]

One of my sisters and I sounded alike but especially our laughs.  At that sister's wake I was meeting a lot of people who knew my sister well but I had never met.  As we reminisced and shared stories I frequently freaked out people and caused some people to burst into tears when I laughed because to them they were hearing my sister.