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Please compare these two faces - and dating help too please
« on: Monday 28 January 13 06:09 GMT (UK) »
I'm posting this on behalf of gaygirl (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=2039).

Gay says "The guy on the left is my ggrandfather - a relative found the other photo.  My ggrandfather was born in 1853 and died in 1936."

Please can you have a look at these two faces and determine whether or not they belong to the same man?   At first glance I thought "yes", then I started to have doubts...the shape of the ear, and the hairlines, have thrown me.  What do you think?

I have added a version of the photo at right showing more of the man's clothing, in case it helps our fashion experts to pin a date on it.

Thanks!
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Re: Please compare these two faces - and dating help too please
« Reply #1 on: Monday 28 January 13 07:45 GMT (UK) »



How odd - like you Prue, my first reaction was it's the same person without any shadow of doubt. Now I don't think I was right for the same reasons you've given, plus the bottom lip is less pronounced on one of the pics with the nose being bigger and the nostrils less sharp on the other - if that makes sense ?

There's a striking resemblance, but not the same person.

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Also, there's the difference in age lines on the bridge of their noses and frown marks between their eyebrows.

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« Reply #2 on: Monday 28 January 13 08:27 GMT (UK) »
I agree...for the all the same reasons.
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Re: Please compare these two faces - and dating help too please
« Reply #3 on: Monday 28 January 13 09:06 GMT (UK) »
i dont think they are the same folk cos of the distinct defect to the side of one chaps eye...its like a wart or birthmark or scar or something...


very close in the characteristics but the eyes are bright in one and the other looks very reserved\
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« Reply #4 on: Monday 28 January 13 09:42 GMT (UK) »
Oh yes, ff, I hadn't noticed that "thing" near the younger one's eye - good spot!

Thanks everyone, for confirming my suspicions.  I hope Gay will come online and join us as soon as she's able.

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« Reply #5 on: Monday 28 January 13 09:50 GMT (UK) »
I thought it was a dirty mark on the photo ???
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« Reply #6 on: Monday 28 January 13 09:55 GMT (UK) »
I don't think it is.... :-\

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« Reply #7 on: Monday 28 January 13 11:43 GMT (UK) »
I do think it is the same man, about 20 yrs apart. The older photo (bearded) he's ever so slightly turned more to his left

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Re: Please compare these two faces - and dating help too please
« Reply #8 on: Monday 28 January 13 12:13 GMT (UK) »
I think I read somewhere that the triangle from eyes to nose is a good reference -I've taken a cut from the first and placed over the second.
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