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If you're looking for the man of your dreams, you might not have to look any further than an old family photo. Yes, we realize that sounds incredibly creepy, but according to science, it's true.A study conducted by the University of Pecs (really!) in Hungary took 700 participants and found that most people wind up with somebody who looks a lot like their opposite-sex parent.
Part of the research involved having people look at photos and guess which parents belonged to which couple based on their looks alone. Apparently it wasn't too hard to guess who was a lady's father based on her husband, or a man's mother based on his wife. Gross!
This could stem from the fact that the characteristics of our parents were imprinted on our memories, oh, at birth, which just might have a lasting effect on us.
So, suddenly creeped out looking at your partner, or do you think the study's just a bunch of hogwash? Vote below. Meanwhile, here's why most women say they wouldn't date Ashton Kutcher.
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Monday 27 September
By gary
what if you are gay?do your partners look like the same sex parent. Just a thought. I think so.
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Monday 27 September
By Ava
I'm a lesbian and I have found that I have unintentionally dated women who have similar characteristics and the same hair/eye (blond, blue eyes) color of my father. My mother is dark hair/dark eyes.He's a great guy.Nice, funny, easy-going. I would hope to find similar characteristics to him in a girlfriend.
Monday 27 September
By Natosha
I think this could be true, but not just in looks. I never noticed at first but a lot of people started saying you married your dad! friends and family who got to know my husband over time say they have the same personality. Over time I stopped fighting that and accepted it as true. Maybe women look for traights of t heir fathers without realising it. Guess thats why most women who were abused by their fathers end up with spouces who abuse them, NOT my case, just an example. or men who were mothered deeply look for women are are just as careing.. as far as looks, the only physical resembalance between hubby and my father is they both have very dark hair.
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Monday 27 September
By daddy's girl
my father is the most amazing man I've ever met. He is one of a kind! I'm 44 and never been married. I'd LOVE to marry someone like him, but there is no other man like him.
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Monday 27 September
By A
I agree, I think maybe not the physical looks but the same personalities are what most girls go for. Like those signs, "I already found my prince, his name is Daddy".
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Monday 27 September
By cutie6foot
I personally go for the opposite of my father...but thats mainly because he is an a**hole, I'd be curious to see if the study showed similar results if done in the US and not Hungary, it would be interesting to see the contrast in results
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Monday 27 September
By Wendy
My husband LOOKS nothing like my Dad. But I have to say he reminds me of him in the sense that he is Soooo Funny and is such a great father and ambitious and good provider. He's a good man which is what I think my Dad is.
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Monday 27 September
By annie
I married my husband because he was totally different from my dad. He never ( and I mean never) drinks, he's a wonderful, kind and loving husband and Father. Not that he's perfect but he's given me a sense of peace that I never had with my dad.
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Monday 27 September
By Marshall
The article could have explained MORE about why women choose their
mates and /or soulmates going by how their dads look. and how their
dads' personalities go.
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Monday 27 September
By Jarret
You do not have to marry a man that has the same atrabitutes as your father, but you should listen to that generation of man is Alex Jones, Brother Stair, Michael Savage, Raleigh James, and the minister of Isarel, and our troops.
The type of man you should not be intrested in is the writers for aohell, cspan, csnbc, abc, nbc, and cbs. News papers should be put out of business along with the magazines.
The independent conserative will save this country. I want all of you to respond to this blog that support these people.
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Monday 27 September
By oscar
shut up negro
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Monday 27 September
By institches
LOL....LOL.......thanx 4 the laugh, shanedieselblack and Ranger 1.........LOL......
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Monday 27 September
By pale all over
At least we know who Daddy be!
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Monday 27 September
By Amanda
I don't think it is on how they look but the characteristics they have. I would want to spend the rest of my life with someone like my dad. He is great and I am glad I have the privilege to have a father like him, I can 100 percent rely on him. He is strong and I can go to him for advice on life issues and I can go to him for scary things that I can't handle. The characteristics yes the looks I doubt it.
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Monday 27 September
By eric
AOL put my comments where they belong. Im responding to the black racist.
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Monday 27 September
By funnypple
U know everytime somebody gets on the computer why does racism always have to come in. Forreal though im mixed with black and white and for anybodies information don't hate on blacks style and don't hate on whites common thinking. I mean why does everyone have to talk negative and yes im 17 years old and I think more about how just saying things affect people so all grown ups, grow up, and no i don't date guys that look like my dad i date all types so top that!!!!!!!
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Monday 27 September
By Rosalie
Ok, so explain why my dad's mom is a stocky short tan litttle traditional Italian lady and my mother is German with platinum blonde with bright blue eyes and a much thinner build?
This article makes no sense to me.
Though I know it DOES work that way in the animal world.
Animals imprint their parents in their memory and look for a mate that closely resembles that image. That's the sad reason that when a duck or goose is raised by another duck or goose species, they don't end up finding mates.
(worked as a wildlife rehaber)
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Tuesday 28 September
By bellagrlxitalia@aol.com
because its not all about the looks.. your mom must be a strong minded lady usually italians are..so if your mother is also strong minded then there you go! lol
Monday 27 September
By BTDT
This explains Old Spice.
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Monday 27 September
By Barbara Mayer
Thank God and Greyhound that my husband does NOT look or act anything like my dad, who was a drunk, mean, abusive, a$$hole pedophile. My husband has never raped me nor would he ever even think about doing so. My husband is loving and giving and totally nonjudgemental and I do love him so much for that!
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