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17 September 2011
Me with two friends. The running joke is that we all alike enough to be siblings and this was the first time we were all in the same room with a camera. Is it true? Is the Celtic gene pool truly that shallow?
People I don't even know guess my ancestry. I had one woman say 'the map of Ireland is written on your face.'
So, the Celtic gene pool is, well, let's say consistent.
You guys have the same coloring. Add to that the facial hair, glasses, and dark clothing, and you look sort of similar. But you have differences in your facial structures. You don't all look identical but you do look like you could be in the same extended family.
The whole thing was super funny to me cause one time it came down to "Okay were did your grandparent's parents come from" and we all hit Scottish/Irish towns. Plus, the running joke that we're all attracted to each other out of sheer narcissism cause we all look alike.
Plus! My own actual brother? He's 6'4, dark complexion, olive skinned and skinny as a pole. My Mom is the only fair-haired blue-eyed stocky pale-freckled person in eight other swarthy and curly siblings. Genetics Is Strange.
Which is also amusing as my Husband looks nothing like me, and the "gay couples always look alike blah blah John and John effect" THING which is super funny.
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