From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:01:49 -0800, The Horny Goat    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:19:16 -0500, The True Melissa   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>We are programmed to bond with people like ourselves --members of the    
   >>same tribe, with the same assumptions and customs and habits -- but also    
   >>programmed to avoid members of the same immediate sib, to increase    
   >>genetic mixing.    
   >>   
   >>Most of us don't ever meet long-lost relatives, but many of us marry    
   >>people who resemble our parents.    
   >>   
   >I have pictures of my parents and grandparents (and my wife's) in the   
   >hallway between kitchen and living room so see them all the time and   
   >my daughter does resemble my mother; similarly I have a picture of my   
   >great-grandfather (happens to be in WW1 naval uniform) who the details   
   >of his face look nothing like mine but the overall shape of face is   
   >very close.   
   >   
   >I wouldn't say my wife looked at all like my parents (but then her   
   >family and mine grew up 1500 miles apart which is a big deal when   
   >we're discussing Europe)   
   >   
   >And of course my son looks nothing at all like his wife (hardly   
   >surprising since her biological father was Vietnamese)   
   >   
   >So perhaps you're right at the 10000' level but up close?   
      
   When I have read examples of this in novels, it usually /is/ at the   
   10000' level: a sort of general resemblance including both body and   
   personality.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)