Nearly everybody are told they look more like one parent than the other. When a baby is born, everyone points out how she "her her mom's eyes" but "her dad's nose." Each body part is assigned to which parent has it. Being a biology major, I love learning about genetics and how our parent's DNA influences ours and how they combine to make a unique offspring. Since researching on my own and becoming more mature, I have realized my looks are not only attributed to my parent's but also my personality.
Everyone tells me that I look just like my mother. Neither of us see it at all and are nauseated with how many people tell us so. As I have spent the summer at home, I now realize I am more than my mother that just my looks (like so many people say).
I have realized I have her voice. As I have matured and grown, people constantly mistake us for each other on the phone. I have had full conversations with my dad, without him realizing it is me rather than my mother. We have the same laugh. We have the same "customer service" voice. We have the same "I'm so done with this conversation" voice. My voice definitely came from my mother.
I have realized I have her sense of humor. We are constantly showing each other cute animal videos from Facebook. We do not find my dad amusing when he watches his stupid and immature movies. We both find enjoyment out of people watching, though my dad does too. We both do not find humor in idiocy but rather in jokes. My sense of humor definitely came from my mother.
I have realized we have the same speech patterns. This may be caused environmentally but still, it is the same as hers. I constantly find myself saying the same "classic mother" phrases to my siblings that she says. We organize our sentences the same way. We have the same "oh my goodness" phrases. My speech patterns definitely came from my mother.
I have realized we have the same face. I do not mean physically because we both deny that still, but I mean our facial expressions. We have the same eye roll when we are annoyed. We have the same serious face when we're trying not to laugh at something stupid my dad or siblings said. We have the same "look" when we want something in a store. My facial expressions definitely came from my mom.
Obviously, I share some qualities with my dad too, and some are the same, but in different ways than how I share them with my mother. My mom and I just seem to constantly be in sync and I am constantly realizing more similarities between us. Now, take a moment and think about your parents and do some self-evaluation and maybe you can discover things similar you never thought of before.
