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Have you ever looked in the mirror and seen .................... your grandmother?

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Chardy Wed 16-Jun-21 18:39:57

My sister and I had a phone conversation yesterday about how each of us catch mirror glimpses of deceased elderly relatives!

Calendargirl Wed 16-Jun-21 17:53:24

I don’t think I resemble either of my grans, didn’t know either of them.

My maternal grandma had a sharp tongue, didn’t suffer fools gladly. I think I take after her in that respect.

M0nica Wed 16-Jun-21 17:48:56

I look a bit like one of my aunts.

Chewbacca Wed 16-Jun-21 17:46:47

I wouldn't mind looking like my grandmother. It's preferable to looking like Ronald McDonald which, according to GS aged 4, I do.

Kali2 Wed 16-Jun-21 17:39:31

Both my mum and my grandmother were really slim, elegant, and always well dressed. My grand-mother very classical, my mother was the first generation of 'smart casuals' in the 50s, but wore beautiful dresses too.

I wish!

Judy54 Wed 16-Jun-21 17:37:14

The person I see in the mirror is my Dad I am the spitting image of him.

MiniMoon Wed 16-Jun-21 17:19:39

Every time I look in a mirror. I am like my Granny, even down to my shape and the way I walk, or so I've been told.
I don't mind, I couldn't resemble a nicer woman .

Redhead56 Wed 16-Jun-21 17:12:20

Yes after I reached mid fifties I look at at photo of my parents wedding. My battle axe paternal gran is in the back ground it’s like looking at myself I am not happy?

Kate1949 Wed 16-Jun-21 17:09:23

I never saw either of my grandmothers. I have no idea what they looked like.

Callistemon Wed 16-Jun-21 17:09:08

I wish.
My grandmother was lovely, a very good-looking woman.

merlotgran Wed 16-Jun-21 17:09:05

Yes! I have her eyes and nose and when I started having to tie my lockdown hair back…….Oooooer.

Sara1954 Wed 16-Jun-21 17:06:47

Yes, I sometimes think I see my grandmother, just a fleeting glimpse sometimes.

Nannagarra Wed 16-Jun-21 17:02:22

Not my grandmother...but I have my mother’s hands - they are identical. When she died my dad found my voice unnerving as, in his opinion, I sounded exactly like her.
My DGD is a mini version of her other grandmother; it’s like looking at Russian dolls.

Blossoming Wed 16-Jun-21 16:56:31

I see my mother looking back at me every time I look on the mirror. It still takes me by surprise at times.

25Avalon Wed 16-Jun-21 16:53:17

Got a shock the other day. As I was coming in the back door I caught my reflection in the glass and thought that’s my grandmother! My grandmother died when I was 15 so a real flashback out of the blue. I have grown my hair long during lockdown and no longer have a fringe. With a head band on, exposing my forehead and wearing glasses I recognised her immediately. It was uncanny as I never thought I looked like her. Weird.