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minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up44·edit-24 days agoSame nose, same eye-shape, similar chin, and rapidly rushing towards similar hairlines. If these two aren’t related, that’s a huge coincidence. Also, childhood malnutrition is a bitch and will absolutely cause something like this.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-24 days agoYup. There are a million causes for stunted growth that aren’t inherited. And these two look the same if you overlook the height and age.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoAlso sometimes genes pass down and skip a generation or two. I have the same general build and height of my great grandfather (though I’m more robust) but his own sons look closer to my great grandmother.
Same nose, same eye-shape, similar chin, and rapidly rushing towards similar hairlines. If these two aren’t related, that’s a huge coincidence.
Also, childhood malnutrition is a bitch and will absolutely cause something like this.
Yup. There are a million causes for stunted growth that aren’t inherited. And these two look the same if you overlook the height and age.
Also sometimes genes pass down and skip a generation or two. I have the same general build and height of my great grandfather (though I’m more robust) but his own sons look closer to my great grandmother.