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Inherited Traits: Children who look just like their famous parents

According to genomal inheritance, a child inherits 50% of the chromosomes from each of both parents. All mitochondrial genes are inherited only from the mother, so the child gets close to half of the genes from the father and a little bit more than half of the genes from the mother. We can conclude that, up to a certain point, it is quite natural for children to resemble their parents and receive their inherited traits. Even in Hollywood. Whether they are famous or not, there are cases when this resemblance is so striking that’s almost confusing, making you wonder who is who. Here is a collection of children who look just like their famous parents.

Will Smith and Jaden Smith
Will Smith and Jaden Smith

Meryl Streep and Mamie Gummer
Meryl Streep and Mamie Gummer

Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr.
Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr.

Alan Thicke and Robin Thicke
Alan Thicke and Robin Thicke

Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson
Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson

George Harrison and Dhani Harrison
George Harrison and Dhani Harrison

Jayne Mansfield and Mariska Hargitay
Jayne Mansfield and Mariska Hargitay

Susan Sarandon and Eva Amurri Martino
Susan Sarandon and Eva Amurri Martino

Donald Sutherland and Kiefer Sutherland
Donald Sutherland and Kiefer Sutherland

Jon Voight and Angelina Jolie
Jon Voight and Angelina Jolie

Tom Hanks and Colin Hanks
Tom Hanks and Colin Hanks

John Ritter and Jason Ritter
John Ritter and Jason Ritter

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