“There is no strength without unity.” – Irish saying
As I have done my research, I realized a few
genealogy coincidences that have occurred. I love looking through old family
photos too – seeing if I can find any lookalikes, and
comparing traits to see where different features came from…
Here, I’ve listed a
couple of my genealogy coincidences and lookalikes.
1. My 2nd
great-grandmother, Anna Fedczak came to America on the S.S Batavia. I live in
Batavia…how weird is that?
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| Myself and my grandmother |
2. I ordered a
military record for my great-grandfather, Michael Fedczak. I waited a couple of
weeks to receive the record. There was also a photograph of him included, but
it had to go to a lab to be digitized. I waited several more weeks and was
starting to lose confidence that I would receive this photo. I finally did receive
the photo…on August 22, 2018. I then remembered
that August 22nd was his birthday. It was a coincidence that of all
the days that I could have received this photo…it came on
his birthday!
3. Every
genealogist loves old photos J When looking through some of mine, I realized
how much I looked like my grandmother when I was very young. In this
side-by-side, you can see that we had the same light blonde hair, the same
eyes, a similar nose…and we were both wearing a cardigan!
If you love old photos and comparing
them to see who looks like who, then I’ve got a
FamilySearch feature for you!
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| FamilySearch Compare-A-Face feature example, using photos of myself and my aunt |
The FamilySearch website has a feature
called ‘Compare-A-Face’. With this feature, you can add a picture of yourself, or someone
else, and another photo of a relative. The photo will be scanned and the
website will tell you how much you look like someone by providing a percentage.
Of course, this isn’t scientific, but it’s still fun!
I uploaded a photo of myself and one of
my aunt. The site gave us an 84% lookalike rating. I thought this was
interesting because I have always been told that I look like her. I have also
uploaded photos of myself and other family members (who I know that I don’t resemble) and have received lower percentages. So, even though it
isn’t scientific it still seems to work
pretty well.
Here is a link to the feature: https://www.familysearch.org/discovery/compare
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