Family History Fun - Compare a Face

Family history can be fun ... and it can be more than just dates and stories. Ever wonder who you look like? On the FamilySearch website, there is a "compare-a-face" activity you can do. Upload a picture of yourself, and it will compare your facial features to your relatives and give you a percentage # of how close you are. Now ... I don't really consider this an exact science, but it's fun.

Here's a peek at the some of the results for Chris and me ... 

So Chris had a high correlation to Dad ... my highest was 64% and that was to my great-great-great-grandfather Henry Sanderson (more on him later, he has a very interesting history and there's a surprising amount of info available there on Family Search!)  

Chris also got this cool chart ...

I'm not sure if this option was discontinued ... 

Dad and I both tried to find it and couldn't.

For me, it pulled up the top matches, then I could manually scroll through them across the top there to see the percentage. Mom, with a 46% match was still in the third spot on my comparisons. I seemed to favor the Norman side for first several spots, before the Westra side made an appearance. 

I was playing around, hit the + button and got the option to add photos ... so I added a few, of Wendy, Chris,  my kids, even Gray ... and a younger me! Check out the comparisons. 

So again, certainly not a science, and I'm sure different photos would yield different ... but hopefully somewhat similar results. It's fun to look at and learn a little about some ancestors you might not have investigated if they weren't your twin ... or 60% match ;)