Awesome Genetic Photographs

Genetic Portraits is am award-winning photographic series by Quebec-based photographer and graphic designer Ulric Collette. By combining the portraits of two individuals who are related to each other, Collete creates a visual study of genetics. Here, cousins Justine, 29, and Ulric, 29, are the same age but don't appear to share many similarities until you look closer -- specifically at their jawlines. We wonder how Justine's genetic portraits would compare if she was pictured with Ulric's two brothers!

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#14 Twins

20 year-old fraternal twins Alex and Sandrine make an interesting study in this photograph. Alex's face is skinnier, but their shared traits become all the more prominent in this genetic portrait.

#13 Two Sisters

Anne-Sophie, 19, and her sister Pascale, 16, blend into one in this genetic portrait. Because the share a similar hairstyle and nearly identical features, the photo looks almost completely natural.

#12 Twins

Laurence and Christine are 29 year-old twins who share very different hairstyles and do their makeup rather differently, too. But this picture indeed shows that the two are twins. Their cheekbones, lips, and noses line up almost symmetrically.

#11 Mother and Daughter

49 year-old N'sira and her 18 year-old daugther Marie-Pier are the subjects of this portrait. The bone structure similarities are remarkable. N'sira's cheek and jaw show signs of age, but her lips and eyes are nearly identical to those of her daughter.

#10 Brother and Sister

29 year-old Karine and 25 year-old Dany share many of the same features and even hair. But if we didn't label the photo as a composition between images of brother and sister, would you have guessed that Karine was female?

#9 Father and Daugther

Amélie, 33, and Daniel, 60, are daughter and father. This nuclear family is the most intriguing of all the subjects of the people photographed. The noses are identical in both Amélie's portrait with her dad and her mom. So which one has the dominant gene?

#8 Two Sisters

Isabelle, 32, and Amélie, 33, are only a year apart, which makes this portrait all the more interesting. The picture looks almost like a before/after combined portrait we often see in shampoo ads.

#7 Father and Daughter

60 year-old Daniel and his daughter Isabelle, 32, make quite a intimidating pair in this genetic portrait. Do you think the daughters look more like Daniel or like their mother Julie?

#6 Mother and Daughter

Julie, 61, poses with two of her daughters in this series of pictures. Here, Julie's portrait is combined with that of her daughter Isabelle, 32. Perhaps genetic portraits are a great way to see what you would look like in three decades...

#5 Mother and Daughter

If there's one particular family responsible for the most trippy of Ulric Collette's pictures, it's this one! Julie, 61, and daughter Amélie, 33, together look almost naturally as one. In fact, if Julie hadn't over plucked her eyebrows, the resemblance would be even stronger!

#4 Daughter and Father

This father and daughter combination looks straight out of a sci-fi film. 10 year-old Ismaëlle and her 32 year-old father together make a scary look both backward and forward in time for this family.

#3 Father and Daughter

No, this isn't just some bad photoshop. In fact, upon closer observation, Ariane 13, and her father André, 55, do share a similar facial structure. Don't let the dichotomy in hairstyles and facial hair distract you, just look at the nose!

#2 Two Brothers

25 year-old Mathieu and his brother Ulric, 29, together make a trippy photo! Though their eyebrows are different, the shape of their heads and structure of their faces make the difference in eye color a striking combination.

#1 Brothers

Ulric appears to resemble brother Christophe, 30, more than he does his younger brother Mathieu. In fact, if it weren't for the discrepancy in eye color and hair length, we would have mistaken this as a portrait of just one person.

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