Mona

INVITE YOUR FRIENDS

Mona — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:33:00 GMT

I emptied my address book and invited everyone I know. The invite section works great. If you want to find a TWIN then we have to step up as a community and move this membership along. So INVITE your facebook friends and Myspace and your emial contacts. This thing could be a milion members in a month and twin matches will be popping up everywhere.

It look like there are 114 countries around the world here now! We are responsible for making this ite what it wil become. You might just know someone who knows someone who knows my twin. And the same may be true of me.

Twins Seperated at Birth- ilooklikeyou.com

Wayne Adam — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:12:00 GMT

Twins Separated at Birth

The story of Jim Lewis and Jim Springer

(from Smithsonian, 1980) Jim Lewis and Jim Springer first met February 9, 1979, after 39 years of being separated. Both were very nervous at first, but now consider the reunion "the most important day of my life." Amid the euphoria over their rediscovery of each other, they came across astonishing similarities in their lives and behavior. Both had been adopted by separate families in Ohio, and had grown up within 45 miles of each other. Both had been named James by their adoptive parents, both had married twice; first to women named Linda and second to women named Betty. Both had children, including sons named James Allan. Both had at one time owned dogs named Toy.

These parallels made them perfect candidates for behavioural research, as did their only short acquaintance with one another before they were inducted into a study of reunited twins. The parallels were only the first in a series of similarities which would go to the heart of the influence of heredity and environment on human behaviour. Dr. Thomas Bouchard of University of Minnesota studied the personalities and attitudes of the twin Jims, and the resulting similarities were again astonishing. In one test, which measured personality variables (tolerance, conformity, flexibility), the twins' scores were so close that they approximated the averaging of the totals of one person taking the test twice. Brain wave tests produced skyline-like graphs looking like 2 views of the same city. Intelligence tests, mental abilities, gestures, voice tones, likes and dislikes, were similar as well. So were medical histories: both had high blood pressure, both had experienced what they thought were heart attacks, both had undergone vasectomies, and both suffered from migraine headaches. They even used the same words to describe these headaches. To read more about the conclusions of studies on twins reunited later in life, click here.

The twins discovered they shared alike habits too. Both chain-smoked, both liked beer, both had woodworking workshops in their garages. Both drove Chevys, both had served as Sheriff's deputies in nearby Ohio counties. They had even vacationed on the same beach in the Florida Gulf Coast. Both lived in the only house on their block. The same patterns shared by the Jim Twins occurred time and time again. Their differences, more apparent now since some time has passed, are subtler. According to Jim Springer, "the differences between Jim and me may be the differences between living in the city and country."

Lewis was responsible for their reunion. Both of the twins had been told as youngsters that they had a twin brother, but Springer's mother told him his twin had died. Lewis wasn't interested in finding his missing brother until later in his life, but "didn't do anything about it" until 2 years before they eventually met. He went to the courthouse and found Jim Springer's name. It was only a short time later that Lewis had Springer on the phone and their families agreed to meet. "We were both nervous wrecks on the phone." Their genetic similarities and environmental differences aside, their twin bond is now restored.

Twins

Mona — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:06:00 GMT

I am really impressed with the matching this software does. Trust me if there is someone who looks like you in the membership you will be put next to them!

I can only imagine how freaky this will be with a million plus members!

Mona

Give it some time

Mona — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:57:00 GMT

Hey! Right now my husband's matching mostly women! lol

Many of you may not be impressed at this point. I got some fantastic matches already! Remember that there are only about 1500 photos to match against right now. That's about the size of a small high school. This is just getting started, so I guess I'm lucky at this stage in the game.

The facial recognition program really does work. Have a look at the percentage of the match. You'll see that it's probably only matching at 50-60 %. It just needs more photos to compare. Hang in there! Invite your family and friends to join. The more members there are with good quality photos, the faster we'll all find our Look-alikes.

My Look-Alikes

Mona — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:04:00 GMT

Ok - I have been in here for about a day now and tried my first match .. WOW!

I have two people who look so much like me I'm stunned...

I can't imagine what this will be like when there are a million plus members.

My husband and his best friend started this site and I have to say I was wondering what it would look like in the end. It was worth the wait. I just didn't think it would be me writing about the amazing match I have at this point. I am a little biased considering but "oh my God"...see for yourself.

Mona