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Title: Could this be the same person?
Post by: chloerog on Sunday 09 December 18 15:56 GMT (UK)
Could this be the same person?
Title: Re: Could this be the same person?
Post by: Milliepede on Sunday 09 December 18 16:03 GMT (UK)
The hair on the right is throwing me off - is it a wig because her face looks young. 
Title: Re: Could this be the same person?
Post by: Gadget on Sunday 09 December 18 16:03 GMT (UK)
Nose, eyes and lie of mouth  in a similar shaped face. I think it is likely to be the same. I'm sure someone will do an overlay that should show the match more clearly.

Gadget 
Title: Re: Could this be the same person?
Post by: Jebber on Sunday 09 December 18 16:10 GMT (UK)
They look like the same person to me.
Title: Re: Could this be the same person?
Post by: chloerog on Sunday 09 December 18 16:11 GMT (UK)
The hair on the right is throwing me off - is it a wig because her face looks young.

I have absolutely no idea if it’s a wig I personally think it does look like one. Maybe it was just for the photos purpose.  :-\
Title: Re: Could this be the same person?
Post by: Gadget on Sunday 09 December 18 16:13 GMT (UK)
Here we are,  a slow transformation/overlay
Title: Re: Could this be the same person?
Post by: rosie17 on Sunday 09 December 18 19:29 GMT (UK)
Looks like the same person to me also  :)

Rosie
Title: Re: Could this be the same person?
Post by: *Sandra* on Sunday 09 December 18 19:46 GMT (UK)
They look like the same person to me.

Yes, I agree.

Sandra  ;)
Title: Re: Could this be the same person?
Post by: Primrose11 on Sunday 09 December 18 20:35 GMT (UK)
The right eyebrow is distinctive and the same on both photos.
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Title: Re: Could this be the same person?
Post by: Ruskie on Sunday 09 December 18 22:11 GMT (UK)
Though her lips are thinner in the photo of the right I think the mouths are a match.  :)
Title: Re: Could this be the same person?
Post by: Treetotal on Sunday 09 December 18 23:47 GMT (UK)
It's a yes from me.
Carol
Title: Re: Could this be the same person?
Post by: mirl on Monday 10 December 18 00:53 GMT (UK)
I agree the two faces look very similar but the type of clothing being worn suggests to me they are not from the same generation.

Perhaps if some-one more experienced at determining the period of the clothing in each image would help a bit.
Title: Re: Could this be the same person?
Post by: Gadget on Monday 10 December 18 07:34 GMT (UK)
The first one is from the 1890s, possibly the first half. The second one looks as if it's post-WW1, maybe into the 1920s. Not really a lot to go on in the later one.


Gadget
Title: Re: Could this be the same person?
Post by: Whipby on Tuesday 11 December 18 18:11 GMT (UK)
I'm sorry, but I don't think they're the same lady.  The one on the left has dark eyes, whereas the one on the right has light coloured eyes.
Title: Re: Could this be the same person?
Post by: Gadget on Tuesday 11 December 18 18:16 GMT (UK)
It's probably the different exposures of the original photos and the scans, Whipby  :)
Title: Re: Could this be the same person?
Post by: Whipby on Tuesday 11 December 18 20:19 GMT (UK)
I'm so sorry, but I still don't think they're the same person  :'(

The ears don't match - the lady on the left has quite a distinctive, sticky-out ear that's slightly turned over at the top, but the lady on the right has a flat ear with a large opening.

And if there are about 30 years between the pics, I honestly don't think the lady on the right is 30 years older than the one on the left.

The only similarity I see is that they're both stocky.

However, I'm no expert  ;D  ;D  ;D  and am sorry to go against the general consensus! Just my humble thoughts, for what they're worth 😂
Title: Re: Could this be the same person?
Post by: CarolA3 on Wednesday 12 December 18 12:58 GMT (UK)
I agree with Whipby about the ear and the 30-year age gap.

No doubt these two are closely related, but I'd say they're of different generations.

Carol (also not an expert!)
Title: Re: Could this be the same person?
Post by: londonscorpion on Wednesday 12 December 18 17:55 GMT (UK)
Not the same person. It's the right ear that's the give away.