These Photos Prove Your Genes Are More Powerful Than You Think

French-Canadian photographer Ulric Collette wanted to show people just how much they resemble members of their own families and how our genes are more powerful than we think. In his Genetic Portraits series, he takes photographs of two family members and edits half of each face, creating one portrait. Even crossing gender and age gaps doesn’t change the fact that many of us closely resemble our family members.

Collette?illistrated this most perfectly with photos between grandmother and granddaughter in his own family.

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Ginette (grandmother, 62) and Ismaelle (granddaughter, 12) Image: Ulric Collette

He explained to the Huffington Post:

“My mother’s name is Ginette, she’s 62, and my daughter’s name is Isma?lle and she was 12 at the time the picture was taken. I made the photograph with the two of them because last summer I talked with a genetician who had the theory that grandchildren look much more like their paternal grandmother. I wanted to try it out with my family, and the result is pretty amazing!”

Visit Collette’s website to see more of these incredible photos.

 

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Ulric Collette

 

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Ulric Collette

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