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Do you have a doppelgänger? Scientists find unrelated lookalikes likely have similar DNA
By Caitlin O'Kane
August 29, 2022 / 11:33 AM / CBS News
You and your doppelgänger – someone who looks just like you, but is actually a stranger — may actually have similar DNA, according to a new study. Researchers in Spain used photographs by Canadian artist François Brunelle, who has taken pictures of lookalikes around the world since 1999, in the study.
Photos of 16 pairs of people who look alike were used to measure just how similar the pairs of people look using three different facial recognition algorithms.
"In the case of many look-alike, the three software gave the same results: they were unable to distinguish the faces, they were virtual twins!" Manel Esteller, senior author of the study, said in an email to CBS News.
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