Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Genetics Are Awesome

When my dad was here last month he showed me this picture of my Mom with her two brothers.


Waaaaiiit a minute.  Doesn't that blond toddler on the left look startlingly familiar?

I know, right?  When I first saw this picture I couldn't believe how much Cole looks like my Uncle Neil.  It's almost uncanny!  Seriously, Cole makes that same face as Neil all the time.

Uncle Neil and Cole

Then I realized that all three of my kids look a lot like the kids in the picture.  I just haven't decided who looks more like who. What do you think?

Uncle Dale and Spencer

My Mom (Wendy) and Spencer

My Mom and Josh

Uncle Dale and Josh

Isnt' that bizarro?  What's even more bizarre, though, is that whenever we're with my dad's side of the family I notice how much my kids look like all of them as well.  And I can't count how many times I've seen my brothers in my kids' mannerisms.

Genetics = Awesomeness

3 comments:

Amy Collins said...

That is so cool...I would have to say that Spencer definately resembles your mother! It's the shape of the cheeks and mouth area.

Gigi said...

I think Spencer looks like your Uncle Dale! Genetics ARE awesome.

Kyle Roper said...

It's that square Heaton head that we got from Mom. Or, to quote Lucy from Peanuts, "You've got a nice block head, blockhead."