March 29, 2024
What Science Says About Unrelated People Who Are Physically Too Similar

What Science Says About Unrelated People Who Are Physically Too Similar

  • Margarita Rodriguez
  • BBC News World

Mesut Ozil and Enzo Ferrari

attributed to him, Getty Images

Illustrative image,

Mesut Ozil (left), German footballer, born in 1988, and Enzo Ferrari, founder of Ferrari, born in Italy in 1898

Agnes was traveling by train when a man approached her and started talking about topics she had no idea about. The subject soon realized that it “wasn’t what he thought”. And it didn’t take long for him to say he knew him Similar…a similar personwhich is a German term for “double”.

Agnes was encouraged to meet her partner’s girlfriend on the train, and saw Esther via Facebook. Later, they met face to face.

“We did really well right away. It’s not just about our looks, but our personalities are similar.”

For Esther, “It’s so weird and wonderful to see a part of you in someone else.”