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Topic: Looks...
Posted By: High9
Subject: Looks...
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 2:34pm
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Out of curiosity... Who do you look like?
Your mum, your dad, another family member or are you adopted? (And if yes, do you still look like someone in your family?) I have no idea who I look like, a bit of a mix between my whole family 
DP however looks like FIL with some of MILs features. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 2:45pm
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Who does Lily take after?
I think my colouring comes from my father (never met him or saw a pic of him, but as my Mum is Maori and I'm fairly pale, I know it's not from her lol). I have a lot of her features though thankfully I didn't get her height as she is a real shorty! DH is a mix of his Mum & Dad. Ollie is mostly DH (very similar to FIL as a child apparently). Lilia is very much a mini-me and Caleb is well Caleb! I can sometimes see me and sometimes DH! I guess he is only 6 months so time will tell  ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 3:06pm
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Lily just looks like her father 100% everyone always gives me a puzzled look and then they see her dad and it's 'Oh! She looks just like you!!' But she does have my leg shape and fingers, oh and ears and hair colour but that's it!
I was thinking after I posted, I have my dads nose and ears, my grandma's eyes, my mums body shape and height wise we're all pretty short lol! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 3:29pm
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I look like my Mum and Grandma (Mum and Grandma could be twins).
DH is a total 50/50 mix of his parents. Hannah looks like me when I was her age. Mason could be his father's clone  ------------- 
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Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 3:31pm
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I'm a mixture of my parents, but more like my dad. A few people say I'm like mum, but more often it's my dad. I have the same knees/calves/feet like mum but my thighs and butt shape are my dad (mum's legs are skinny all the way down and has a flat butt, but dad's legs are bigger and more rounded butt!!
As for my kids, well most of you know all they're all completely different to each other, but mostly take after my side! R is dark sknned like Dh, with big brown eyes but has my facial features. G is me to a 'T' but with blue eyes. J is a throw back and is very fair and blonde with blue eyes. A is dark again, but not as dark as R, has big brown eyes and olive-skinned and like me. Poor Dh didn't really get a look-in with the kids, except for his skin colour. ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: tictacjunkie
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 3:39pm
| I look like my mum feature-wise, but she is blonde, blue-eyed & peachy-skin so I assume I get my dark brown eyes, brown hair & olive-tone skin from Elsewhere. Our kids have olive skin like DH & I, but dd6y is slightly lighter- she's also blond, whereas DH & I are dark (but we both have blond-ish mums). All our girls have versions of DH's hazel eyes & ds has my dark brown eyes. Who inherits what from where in families so interesting, especially when the parents look really different. |
Posted By: RicKer
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 4:04pm
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I take after my mum more then my dad
DP is a spitting image of his father, only DP has hair haha |
Posted By: rorylex
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 4:20pm
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my mum. ------------- Mummy to 4 boys Samuel - 18.6.05 Rory - 15.7.06 Mason - 13.06.08 Emmett - 24.01.10 Baby #5 - cooking |
Posted By: Kellyfer
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 4:54pm
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I'm adopted, but I look a lot like my adopted dad, and his mother (my nanna), which was always quite nice.
Having met my biological dad, I definitely take after his side of the family, but I haven't met my biological mother, or seen a photo, so I don't know what traits I got from her. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: RachFizz
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 5:36pm
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I'm a mixture, but definitely more like my Dad, especially when I was younger. My brother really looks like my Mum so we don't look much alike at all! Except we both have Dad's eye colour and hair colour. And we both have Mum's family's ears and nose. DH reckons my hair has the same wave as my Mum's. I think my body shape must be more from my Nana than my Mum's side of the family, except I got the height yay! Kinda hard to say though- my Mum never shows off her legs so I can't even think what her calves look like! But we definitely have our weight in different places. I'm pretty sure I have Mum's teeth. It's funny what you notice
Dh seems to be an even split of his Mum and Dad.
Can't wait to see what our kids will look like! I'm fair skinned with blonde hair and blue eyes and DH is dark skinned with dark hair, so I don't see them looking much like me!! ...hopefully I'll be there in some of the features... ------------- TTC#1 since Apr11 On hold for study! |
Posted By: SquishysMum
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 5:37pm
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I take after my mother's side quite heavily, I look like her younger sister (my aunty). All my siblings also take after my mothers side. DD looks almost exactly like I did as a child, and also is very similar to my aunt's youngest daughter.
It's a standing joke in my family that my mother's side's genes will always win out over any other input, our partners don't stand a chance!!! |
Posted By: AngieBabe
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 5:56pm
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I'm adopted but I have met my birth-mother and birth-father at different times... from this I think looks-wise I take mostly after my maternal side, but I think build-wise it's from the paternal (also get the bad eyesight and inherited high cholesterol from him too!)
As for my wee guy, I think it's mostly me  though in saying that, I'm not sure what his father looked like as a little guy  Must actually ask him if he sees any of himself in our son------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 6:04pm
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I look identical to my fathers mother - pictures of us at the same age could easily be passed of as each other and often are. I have absolutely nothing from my mothers side of the family, though my brother is a mixture.
Curious, really, i've always wondered how its come about that i could be my grandmas clone, considering genetically speaking she only had a small part to add. |
Posted By: julz85
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 6:24pm
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i definatly look like my mum and DD looks alot like me ( red hair , fair , similar face ) she just has her dads height ( hes 6ft4) and shes already in the 85th percentile for her age whereas i am not even 5ft (4ft11) and i was in the 2nd percentile right the way through my plunket book , so looks like she will be looking down on me on her first day of school . ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Whateversville
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 6:26pm
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I'm adopted too. I've never met my biological family so I don't know. And I don't look like my parents at all, I'm part Maori, my parents are not.
My sister (who is also adopted) is part Maori too so we kind of look alike, altho we're not related thru blood
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 7:59pm
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Yeah it's funny what you notice! I think I have my mums teeth too!
PF, I have a friend whose the same, part Maori with European adoptive parents - look nothing alike, but his other adopted brother looks like the parents in some ways! Rachfizz - you never know! DPs Aunty is European but his Uncle is Samoan and their kids look so different! One is dark skinned, dark hair and eyes but the other is fair skinned, lighter hair and blue eyes! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 9:39pm
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The girls look like me, I can barely see their father in them. Jade seems to have his sister's build though (skinny, no matter how much she eats) whereas Amber is more mine (pudgy!! with short legs). In saying that, they seem to be taking after their dad in the height stakes, and are starting to get tall-ish (I'm very much not LOL).
As for me, I take after my dad's side of the family, but seem to carry weight like my mum...the girl's dad takes after his mother's side of the family, while his sister takes after their father's side of the family. |
Posted By: M2K
Date Posted: 13 December 2010 at 9:55am
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I look like my mum, with some features of my dad (eyes, nose)
Keira looks more similar to me, she is olive with brown eyes, she has nice eye shape and long eyelashes thanks to her father though Azaria is a lot lighter, like her dad, looks more like him so far, luckily she also has nice big eyes with long eyelashes
Both are very tall, I was always tallest in primary school and dh is slightly taller than me. Personality wise, Keira is cheeky but lovely like her father, very outgoing but has my temper ------------- 
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 13 December 2010 at 10:02am
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I look like my Dad.
Isabelle and Elias look like my brother lol .. although Issy has her Dads feet and Elias has mine. They both have my nose. Isabelle has my demeanor though and my chilled out little Elias has his Dads. ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 13 December 2010 at 1:28pm
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Im a complete mix - but definitly take after my Dad with my figuire lol! My brother looks nothing like Mum or Dad - he looks like my Uncle did at his age.
The kids look more like DF than me as well.... I think they have my eyes though! |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 13 December 2010 at 3:18pm
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I was always a head taller than everyone until I got to college, then everyone ended up a head taller than me!!
Even when I was a baby I was well above average too. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 13 December 2010 at 5:01pm
haha, and apparently I look like dad... yet we manage to look alike?! Go figure. ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003  
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rorylex wrote:Posted By: james
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 7:51am
i have my dads eyes and my mums figure but i am a trow back to dads great grandfather soooo nott kool ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: zcm
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 10:00am
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I look like my mum but with my dad's colouring.
DS1 looks like me, but I can also see one of my brother's and my FIL in him. DS2 used to be DP's clone but the older he gets the more he looks like one of my other brother's as well. DD looks more like DP but is a lot prettier
The strong genes in our kids come from my FIL, they all look like him! ------------- Mum to two boys and http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: fallen
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 12:47pm
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I look like my Dad who looked like his mother. My DD looks like me though has her father's eyes. She has my orthadontic issues unfortunately.
DF looks like his father whereas the other 3 siblings all look like their mother. My DS looks like the splitting image of his dad. It appears that DS is likely to be left handed, the only relation who is left handed is my dad. It will be interesting to see how baby #3 compares. ------------- |
Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 1:27pm
You guys are related...??? I think I am looking more like my dad the older I get, receding hairline, big bumpy nose
My siblings and I all look very similiar although I think as they get younger they look more like my mum. My girls are complete opposites, K is a mini me and M is just like her daddy. I do wonder how many people wonder if they both come from the same parents. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Richie
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 6:01pm
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I'm a bit of a mix really. Looked like my Dad when I was little but looking more like Mum the older I get. I have Dad's height, bum chin and pasty white skin lol and my mums wavy hair, nose, child bearing hips and skinny waist. I have 5 siblings (2 full siblings and 3 half siblings) but I actually look more like my half siblings (same Mum, different Dad) as we are all tall and skinny with kinda pointy-ish facial features, whereas my younger brother and sister (full) are more solidly built and have rounder features.
Everyone always says Isla looks just like her Daddy and nothing like me, but if you look at photos of me at the same age, she is the spitting image of me. Kinda strange really. She definitely has her daddys nose and very defined 'rosebud' top lip tho (glad she didn't get my thin lips!). Looks like she is going to have mousy blond, wavy hair which could come from either side cause DF and I have the same hair lol. -------------  
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 6:08pm
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lol Daizy, Rorylex is my little sister ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 15 December 2010 at 7:27pm
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I'm not sure who I look like - probably a combination of Mum and Dad - but I do fit right into our family, the main theme running through it is blonde and tallish. (There's eight of us, one sister is blonde and short, two brothers have brown hair, but the rest of us are blonde and tallish and you can so tell we're all brothers and sisters). We're mostly all kind of big-framed, not in an insulting way for me and my sisters though, if that makes any sense.
DH's family on the other hand, are all fairly slight (in a nice way, not a weedy way!) and mostly dark. Almost the exact opposite to us. So we were so curious to see what Jacob would be! So far, his face is just like his Dad's, but he's got eyes that are already obviously bright blue (like mine). And he's a big chap - no doubt he takes after his Uncle's on my side there, not slight at all! -------------   
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