What do you call two people who look identical but don't come from the same parents?

Question

I saw a documentary on television, possibly talking about a photography book that shows people who do NOT have the same parent and might even come from different cultures but who looks absolutely identical. So, a person might be born in India and one in Russia but they just happen to look similar. Does anybody know what is the book called or maybe point me to the right resources?

Answer 1

A doppelganger.

Answer 2

dont really have a clue but heard this one once...

Doppleganger
Category: Human Enigmas


A double, an identical replica of a person. The idea behind this is that everyone has a Doppleganger, an identical copy of themselves somewhere in the world. If the person is good, then the Doppleganger will be evil and vice versa. It is even said that if the two should meet, then they will both perish.

Although there is no evidence that Dopplegangers exist, some people have actually reported claims of witnessing what they believe to be their Doppleganger. In all likelihood however, Dopplegangers are an aspect of myth only.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

You can call them lookalikes or doubles but there are many other words used which are not so common.

The word, 'doppelgänger', is commonly used in the US. I prefer to use the word, lookalike.

I am not aware of any book on lookalikes with photographs of two persons looking almost identical but you can find many websites which will provide a lot of interesting information. Just enter the following search words in Yahoo Search.

celebrity lookalike

I did that and found an interesting site with photographs. They provide celebrity impersonators. for a fee

http://www.lookalikes.com/index.html

You may get a mild shock if someone in India complimented you by calling you a "duplicate" of a famous movie star.

There is a Hindi movie, starring Shah Rukh Khan called Duplicate. Another word used informally for a lookalike in Indian English is "carbon copy". In Calcutta, I heard school children using the slang "a dead spit" when referring to such a person.

When you visit some websites you might also find some stories on lookalikes published in some magazines.

Answer 5

im an identical twin and im nothing like my sister, we may look alike physically but we're totally different people otherwize, different personalities etc., ive never had my twin go anywhere in my place, its two brains , two bodies, the only thing thats alike is our physical appearance and even thats not alike since she weighs more than i do, we have similar interests, we were more closer to each other than our brothers and theyre not twins, i have two brothers

Answer 6

The common term for a person you looks just like another is a doppelganger.

Answer 7

Children of the Pods.

Answer 8

maybe the parents some where down ihe line were egg donors

Answer 9

Doppelganger (sp?)

Answer 10

Unrelated twins (?) a guess