Looking like women in your family, did it happen to you also?

[Diana81]

One of the things that really touched me the first time I dressed was finding I looked really really like some women from my family.

In particular, my aunt and her daughter, they have a very similar hair to the wig I'm using, and I had never noticed how I looked like them. But enter the wig, make-up, certain angles and all of a sudden I realized how I had the same nose, eyes, face shape as them... which makes all the sense, but I had never realized before because I had never thought about it or seen me with make-up on.

I felt very emotional and also sad that I can't just go and show them. They would really freak out.

Has something similar happened to you, girls?

Love.

Diana

[dana digs sweaters]

Oh yeah :)
3 out of 5 sisters for me. The resemblance is Extremely strong.
So much as to just switch our faces between the 4 of us.

[Rachael Leigh]

Diana, I understand every time I look at my pics that are really good I see a bit of my sister in myself. So it makes sense

[mykell]

freaked me out during one time,
editing photos and i looked like my sister
but it makes sense....

[Anna H]

Yep, and it's amazing at the tiniest little subtle details that
leaves many of us stuck looking like 'men' forever.

It's mesmerizing sometimes....

[Diane Smith]

At my mother's funeral eight years ago, I displayed a picture of her taken when she was about 17 years old. One of my co-workers who saw it was convinced it was a picture of me, dressed up. On looking more closely I had to agree that the resemblance was remarkable. I hadn't noticed before how similar we looked, because I was only comparing myself to my older Mom, not as she had looked fifty or sixty years earlier.

- Diane

[Diana81]

Yes... it's a very special feeling I wish some day I can go and show them. It would mean a lot. I know I will, eventually.

By the way, I absolutely love that photo, your style, how you wear those glasses, the hair, everything! You are absolutely beautiful.

EDIT: This was for Kate Haylette!

[Michelle V]

Sometimes my Mom and others my sister. It is very confusing because I don't know if I should feel guilty or happy, most times it is happy.

[Julia Red]

I never thought I looked like my sister, but depending on the wig and the makeup, I look exactly like her.

[Adriana Moretti]

i look so much like my sister it is creepy....we are all bound to look like someone in our family...

[Nikki A.]

My parents divorced when I was young. Not so much on my mother's side, but on my father's side I see a resemblance to my half sisters and if I was younger with some of my nieces.

[Dana L]

I've had the same thing. I did a french maid outfit for Halloween and my wife's sister took one look at me and said "Oh my god you look just like your mother". Other people who saw me or some pic's said the same, or a cross between my mom and my sister. Funny when my sister saw me she said "wow I wish my legs looked that good". She is five years older than me though.

[Carmen]

I look very much like my mom and sisters.
Now I can see what the oldest girl (me) looks like.

[bridget thronton]

People tell me I looked like my mom when I dress

[ErinP]

Yep, I have a VERY strong likeness of my Aunt. Just as I remember her at my age. But, she's a real girl. :(

[jaye_cd]

I look a lot like my mother most times when I look at myself in the mirror while dressed.

[Georgina]

I have been told I look like my mother and that was in boy mode.

[Emily43]

Been told ive got my mums looks when i dress...cant see it myself though

[Katey888]

Yes I do!

I have inherited many facial and physical features from my mother - there are specific similarities with teeth, nose, eye shape... she had good legs too, apparently... :o The one significant difference physically is that she was a dead black brunette, dad was blonde, and I ended up in between...

That's the reason I avoid very dark hair now - too many similarities...

Anyway - thank goodness I inherited my mother's looks and my father's brains - if it was the other way around I doubt I'd be sitting here today for all sorts of reasons... :eek: (bless them both :))

Thanks Diana - interesting perspective... :D

Katey x

[cdyoung114]

I've noticed this too... As my little sister(she's19) gets older... I am looking more and more like her when I'm dressed

[Teresa]

Hi Diana,
So your aunt and HER (oops !) daughter are stunning too ! You're doing very well with your English, you have a real mixed bag of English speakers here from around the World !
They do say that the daughter looks like the father and the son looks like the mother, in my family it's probably true in three generations.

[Diana81]

Ooops Teresa, my mind betrayed me in a funny way, being this place of all... but it only has to do with my Spanish mind which doesn't differentiate genders in such words...

In my case, by looking at my own face in a new light with all the making up and setting myself free to pose and photograph myself in ways I had never done, I found that the upper part of my face, up and including the nose is very similar to that of women from my mum's part of the family, like my aunt and cousin.

And then the lower part which includes my mouth, jaw, chin is very prominent, square, manly I'd say. Just like my father's. That's the part I wish it was different :P

[susan jackson]

I'm really happy when people comment on how much I look like my mum

[Teresa]

I think if you play around with makeup and see if strong or pastel lipstick changes the emphasis on you lower face, also see if chokers or neck wear make a difference.

[Beverley Sims]

Yes when younger I looked like my mother, so no DNA tests were needed.

[Ria Lynn]

My husband looks exactly like his sister when he dresses and he's commented on it himself. It was actually kinda creepy at one point. He had a wig a few years ago (we still have it but lost track of it during our latest move) that was almost identical to how she wore her hair at that point in time. When he'd get in full dress the only real difference was his voice.

[ClosetED]

In drab, I look like my father and was often confused for him on phone. But my wife, who has not seen me dressed, noted my very clean shaven face and discussing my CDing, thought I looked like my mother. I think I look closer to my aunt.

[Debra Russell]

My sisters have all seen pic's of me dressed and said how much we all look alike - they said I was supposed to be a girl and they always wanted a little sister :heehee:.........................Debra

[Sandra Dee]

I look very much like my sister.

[Kate Simmons]

I look like my Mom. Especially when I have curly strawberry blonde hair.:battingeyelashes::)

[GeminaRenee]

There aren't many women in my family, but I do find that I look like a modified version of a niece of mine. Sometimes I wonder if she would get a kick out of it if she knew, or if she would just be weirded out.

[dana digs sweaters]

GeminaRenee, she will, in time. My nieces laugh at some of my pics which so obviously resemble their mothers (my sisters)

[Lorileah]

Nope, I don't look like anyone in my family now. Before transitioning I looked like the male side

[Melissa Anne]

I will occasionally take a picture while dressed in which I bear a striking resemblance to my mother when she was younger.

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Diana, Sometimes when I look in the mirror depending on which wig I have on I see my mother or my younger sister.

[reb.femme]

No two ways about it, I am my mum when dressed. When I was younger and had hair to my shoulders, even in bob mode I was the spitting image of my mum. I have her nose and eyes in particular.

Rebecca

[steph1964]

I look a lot like my Mom. My family has all commented on it. Especially before I colored my hair it was the same color and a similar style to what she had in her 40's.

[carhill2mn]

Yes, there are more than a few photos in which I look like my mother. There is also one in which I look like one of my nieces.

[BrittanyI]

My mom after seeing a picture of me dressed said I looked a lot like one younger cousins. She was right. :)

[kimdl93]

My wife says I resemble my mother...maybe.

[sandra-leigh]

A few years ago, I looked enough like my mother that even I would get confused about whether it was her or me in one of our photos. A couple of people who have known my mother for decades also confused us in that picture.

My mother doesn't look very feminine these days, but still people know she is female. If I could trickle over our facial differences to the point where people know I am female too, then I will not have any difficulty in living as female.

My sister and I are visually related, people "see" without difficulty that we are at most cousins -- and yet we do not look all that similar. But both of us have the nose structure from my father's side of the family.

[julia marie]

Depending on which wig I choose I can see one of my sisters in the mirror. It's close enough that I wonder what would happen if another family member or one of her friends saw me in that wig. Would they walk up and think they were talking to her?

[natcrys]

When I looked at this pic of myself...

Photo of me at Flickr (I hope that's okay) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13219604@N03/4696992951/)

I thought.. "OMG! I look like my aunt!!" (a younger sister of my dad).

I can remember I was quite shocked at that moment and speechless for a few minutes. :eek:

[Jamiegirl1]

I love this thread.....I noticed a few years back when I started wearing makeup,that I looked a lot like my sister,especially when I wear my blonde wig,she dyes her hair blonde.....I too wish I could show my sister how much we look alike when I am dressed.......

[Barbara Dugan]

My sister's daughter always tell me how much I look like her mom and this is me being on male mode now I can only imagine if she see me on female mode

[Marcelle]

My wife tells me I look like a cross between my mother and my younger sister.

[Diana81]

That's exactly what happened to me natcrys!! A very powerful feeling :)

[mariehart]

Yes I look like my Mother. As confirmed when I let my hair grow long and blow dried it. Only for my five year old to exclaim: Nanny! and that was entirely as a man. I also look like one of my sisters. The best looking one. I'm pleased to say. The only downside is that my Mother is 87. But she was always a babe.

[Bria]

Over the holidays (thanksgiving and christmas) I saw my younger sister and commented that I was seeing a lot of our mother in her. I'm remembering our mother in her 70s thru her 90s. When I shaved my beard in January and looked at myself I was struck by how much I resembled my sister and my mother, I'm 73 and my sister is 69 so we are approching the age that I'm remembering my mother.

Wow, was that ever a shock!!!

Bria

[Diane Edwards]

I look exactly like my cousin Gail. In fact we have looked so much alike that many times we have been confused as twins. (Other than our difference in height - she's about 3 inches taller - the only other difference is our eye color. Her eyes are green and mine are blue.) My sister Janice has told me I also look like our mother when she was younger. She's also stated there's no doubt that we are sisters because she sees a bit if her and my other two sisters in my face as well. But of my three sisters, I most resemble the oldest of them.

[Jeannie]

One day I got all dressed up then looked in the mirror and there I was, looking at my younger sister. At first I was devastated but in about 3 or four seconds I came around it hasn't bother me anymore.

[KimberlyJean]

As a kid growing up everyone always said that my brother and I looked just like our mother. The first time I had a wig and makeup sure enough there was a younger version of her looking back at me. It helped my confidence that I knew I actually looked like a woman.

[Hell on Heels]

I have 2 younger sisters. The older of the 2 I could always see a resemblance, even in drab mode.
The younger though I never thought we looked much alike until I dressed, looked in the mirror, and there she was.
I guess the mailman is off the hook now.

[~Joanne~]

Not with my first real wig but with my new one, I actually look a lot like my Mom. I saw it and my SO confirmed it. She told me the first time she saw me dressed with it on that she thought My Mom had came over while she was out. This leads to me to believe that I MAY be somewhat passable and that all my hiding behind closed doors may be for naught. then again I have never tested the waters and I may only be trying to trick myself into going out more lol ;)

[Felicia Dee]

Well shoot. You stumped me. I have been going through my family pics and I find that I have the same issue as I do in guy mode: I don't look much like anyone in my family. :/ Maybe I need to go back farther?? Guess it's time to raid Grandma's attic and do some digging!!!

[Aylineira]

That's wonderful that you found it touching!

For me, if I'm not too careful I will begin to look like my Mother which is not the desired intent.

[Danielle_cder]

Even in drab people say I look like my mom, so when the wig n stuff go on... I really look like her!!

[CassieD]

I got my facial features and small hands from the feminine side of the family. I tend to look like them while dressed.

[darla_g]

it happened to me once, i had a little bit more weight and this one wig. i remember taking a picture in this old dress i had and i swear i looked like my Aunt Joannie. not what i was going for

[heellover]

Apparently, according to my mom, I look like a second cousin of mine!
But no resemblance to immediate family.

[Talisker]

People often comment that the shape of my face is similar to my mums.
She has black hair and with a black wig I look a lot like her when she was my age.
Very strange feeling when tried on black wig for first time. Now I use a brown one more like my own hair colour and don’t get the feeling that I look like her.
Don’t really want to try and look like other family members.
My sisters have blondish hair. Maybe would look like them if tried on blonde wig and try similar makeup but not done that.

[janeycdbbw]

Yep, my Mom.

[Felicia Dee]

Update! According to my SO, I look very much like one of my favorite cousins!! ;)

[ArleneRaquel]

I certainly copied my mother look when wearing eyewear, but when I really started dressing enfemme I was a redhead, my mon was a brunette.

[Amberhea]

I look very similar to a cousin of mine. Funny thing was I was just thinking this exact same thing looking at pictures I took yesterday and then there is this topic. Of course it would make sense that dressed as women we would/should look like some of our own family of the opposite gender.

[S. Lisa Smith]

When in drab people have always told me I looked like my Mom. If they saw me dressed, they'd be shocked...

[sometimes_miss]

Nope. I strongly resemble my dad, and my sister strongly resembles (much to her chagrin) my dad's mother. If I had been a girl, I would have wished to look like my mom's mother; a 1920's flapper, she was a knockout; must have been difficult for my mom and her sisters when growing up and realizing that they'd never be as attractive as their mother was; grandma was HOT when she was young; got married just at the end of the roaring 20's just about a month before the stock market crash.

[Farrah]

I look like my sister and my mom.

[Miss Trudy]

The older I get the more like my mother I look. My sister takes after Dad's family. However her daughter, my 32 year old niece looks like more like my mother's side of the family. Guess I look like what her mother should!

[ophelia]

I look like a better dressed, better made up and better coiffed version of any of my sisters.
this gets easier as I age.
Is it not true that as one ages the dominant hormone reduces and women look more like their husbands and husbands more like their wives after a point?

[MonikaTirola]

In male mode I look very much like my mother and her side of the family.
When I dress I look like the spitting image of one of my father's brother's daughter. Up to this point I didn't think I looked much after my father.

[StephanieDragg]

In the first picture (brunette)which I took quite a few years back I look just like my mom, In the next one looked just like one of my sisters, as a guy my mom always says sometimes I look like either one of my three brothers... guess alot of family resemblance either way !:)

[Sheila11]

I never looked like anyone in my family. My brother and sister told me I was adopted. Now as I age I begin to share my brothers eyes. Add makeup and wig and I see my sister. Lucky me.

[AmiFL]

I look more and more like my mother is I get older, especially with make-up and a wig on...... scary sometimes.

[MssHyde]

I think I resemble my niece and some what my sister when dressed,,, though my wife wigged out she thought I looked like her sister. ( I don't know about that she died before I could meet her) my wife is against me dressing but reminding her of a sister that died didn't help my cause any.

[JessMe]

I look very much like my mother did at my age when dressed, and I also share certain undeniable traits with a couple of my cousins on my father's side... this per my sister; not just myself. :)

[Ashlee]

I look like my mother at my age when dressed, especially facially.

[JenniferLynn0370]

Definitely! I look a lot like my Mom and darned if I didn't get her hips and thighs as well as her face! I was being fitted for a suit once and the seamstress stepped back and looked at me and said "you know, this would be SO much easier if you were a girl; your hips and thighs are just right for ladies attire." I just smiled and pretended to be surprised, but boy do I wish I'd had the courage to ask her to go ahead and measure me for some slacks and a skirt! :-)

[Rachel32533]

Yes, I look more like my mother and sister every day!!

[Jessika]

Yep, my aunt, would look exactly like her if she had blonde hair.

[DonnaCD68]

OMG.....I didn't realize it until I had some one at the club I go to take a couple pictures. I looked so much like my sister, I know we could have passed as sisters. (Rest in peace Denise.....I miss ya!!)

[jeri1973]

I sent a picture of my femme self to a friend from high school that I'm out to. She said it was a really good picture of my sister. I went back to look and we could have been twins. Same hairstyle, makeup, physical size, and smile. That was pretty freaky. Now when I finally come out to my sister, I can not only bug her about being oldest and smartest, but now also better looking of the two of us.

[dana digs sweaters]

jeri1973, beware of coming out to your sister(s), they just may come over to checkout your wardrobe to borrow something ;)

[Alice Torn]

It bothers me some, but, even my wig haelps make me look a lot like my mum. Facial features, long legs, yes, quite similar, especially without my sunglasses.

[Dannigirl]

I actually look a lot like one of my sisters when I am not dressed, she doesn't wear makeup at all so when I put makeup on I guess I look like she would if she wore it !! The other thing I get when I am at her house and I answer the phone is - people just talk to me like I am my sister, everybody says we sound exactly alike. So when I go out dressed I try my best not to alter my voice as apparently I already sound like a woman !

[grace7777]

As a child I remember seeing a picture of my grandmother when she was a child and then hearing people comment that we looked a lot alike.

[Tammy Lynn Tx]

Dressed or Drab I am my others twin. Our hair is same color and style (my real hair) and our faces could be twins and body shape is the same. She knew of Tammy but had only seen her as an adolescent, never as an adult. She had Passed away before I realized how much I mirrored her at the same ages of our lives. Guess the aplle doesn't fall far from the tree as they say.
As a young man I favored my father but no more. Funny how we change over time

[flatlander_48]

Dressed, with wig and made up, I resemble my mother. That discovery was a bit of a revelation.

[grace7777]

As a child I remember seeing a picture of my grandmother when she was a child and then hearing people comment that we looked a lot a like.

[laura.lapinski]

I am not so sure I look like any of my sisters, but perhaps in one photo at Christmas season when I was about 24, and I remember thinking, "God, I look so feminine". I wasn't trying to look that way, its just the way the photo came out. It was kind of shocking.

[Connie Williams]

My sister and I used to go out together a lot when in our teen. We definitely looked like sisters. I look like our mother when she was my age now and I feel blessed that I do.