Do YOU think people with the same name look alike? As researchers claim our faces evolve to match our names, we compare famous Ryans, Kates, Harrys, and Arianas
- A controversial study claims that our faces evolve to match our names
- Going by this logic, people with the same name should resemble one another
When it comes to famous men named Ryan, two names likely spring to mind - Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling.
But aside from sharing a first name, do these two stars look alike?
A controversial study published earlier this week claims that our faces evolve to match our names.
Going by this logic, people with the same name should resemble one another - but is that really the case?
We look at some of the most famous Ryans, Kates, Harrys, Arianas, and Kims to see if researchers from Reichman University really are onto something.
When it comes to famous men named Ryan, two names likely spring to mind - Ryan Reynolds (right) and Ryan Gosling (left). But aside from sharing a first name, do these two stars look alike?
Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales (pictured left), looks remarkably similar to actress Kate Beckinsale (pictured right)
In the recent study, researchers set out to understand why it is that most of us can guess strangers' names correctly.
The team enlisted 9-to-10-year-old children and adults, who were asked to match faces to names.
The findings revealed that the participants - both the children and adults - correctly matched the adult faces to their names.
However, they were not as successful when it came to matching children's faces to their names.
In a second part of the study, the researchers fed a machine learning system images of human faces and their names.
An analysis of the faces revealed that those of adults with the same name were significantly more similar to each other.
Despite sharing the same first name, Kim Kardashian and Kim Cattral do not look alike whatsoever
Harry Styles and Prince Harry might share a first name, but the resemblances end there
In contrast, the computer found no similarity among children with the same name.
Overall, the researchers say the findings suggest that people's faces evolve to match their names.
'Children do not look like their names yet, but adults who have lived with their name longer do tend to look like their names,' the team concluded.
'These results suggest that people develop according to the stereotype bestowed on them at birth.
'We are social creatures who are affected by nurture: One of our most unique and individual physical components, our facial appearance, can be shaped by a social factor, our name.'
While Ariana Grande (right) is currently blonde, her natural hair colour is black, just like Ariana DeBose (left). However, their facial structures are very different
No one would be mistaking Made In Chelsea star, Jamie Laing, for celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver
To put this theory to the test, we compared the faces of 12 celebrities - two Ryans, two Kates, two Jamies, two Arianas, two Kims, and two Harrys.
Aside from both being Canadian, Ryan Gosling and Ryan Reynolds do look quite similar, and are often mistaken for one another.
In fact, when he took to the stage to accept his Oscar for La La Land, Ryan Gosling joked that the Hollywood Foreign Press had got him mixed up with Reynolds.
'This isn't the first time I've been mistaken for Ryan Reynolds, but it's getting out of hand,' he said.
'Ryan, obviously there's been some kind of mistake, but I'm up here if you don't mind.'
Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, meanwhile, bears a striking resemblance to actress, Kate Beckinsale, with both boasting long, brown hair and green eyes.
However, that's just about where the similarities in our test end.
With her black hair, brown eyes, and hourglass figure, Kim Kardashian looks nothing like actress, Kim Cattral, who has has blonde hair, hazel eyes, and a more rectangular figure.
Harry Styles - who is one of the world's most handsome men, according to the golden ratio - does not look anything like Prince Harry, while Jamie Laing won't be getting mistaken for Jamie Oliver anytime soon.
Finally, despite both having naturally dark hair and eyes, Ariana DeBose and Ariana Grande have very different facial structures.
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