# IRL Doppelgängers?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 7, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irl-doppelgangers/542323 "2010-06-07T19:01:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irl-doppelgangers/542323/21 "2010-06-09T15:17:41Z")

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> [@Disheavel](#):
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> My dad met his doppelganger at my insistence- but they were not completely identical. My dad is decidely german looking and this guy was chinese, but the similarities were striking. The other guy (who was the “maitre’d” at Ollie’s at 116th and Broadway) was so amused and amazed that he had someone take a picture and had it posted at the take-out stand for a year or so. Same age, face shape, hair-cut, hair color, size- it was really odd seeing my dad as a chinese man.
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> So not a true doppelganger, but close enough.

Was it like seeing [Hank Hill and his Japanese half-brother](http://z.about.com/d/animatedtv/1/0/Y/1/kohReturningJapanese.jpg)?

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**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irl-doppelgangers/542323/22 "2010-06-09T15:45:44Z")

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Yeah, I _had_ one. It was a German terrorist who died 34 years ago. I didn’t even notice a resemblence until my father picked up an unlabled picture of her and asked me “Is _that_ you?”

Might explain why the German exchange student I roomed with in the early 80’s was frightened of me for no apparent reason.

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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irl-doppelgangers/542323/23 "2010-06-09T16:26:46Z")

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I saw my double getting his hair cut, looking in the barbershop window. I stopped walking, gave a long look, and continued on my way. I thought to myself, “what a lucky bastard!”

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