The original post: /r/weird by /u/SE_1991 on 2025-02-02 23:57:36.

So we had a weird encounter today.

We were at a kids play place and a couple in their 50’s came up to my spouse and I. They said that their nephew looked identical to our young child when they were the same age. She insisted on showing us a picture of their nephew when they were 3. The woman went on to say again about how shocked she was because of the similarities.

As she showed us the older picture of her nephew when he was around 3, time seemed to stop. My spouse and I looked at each other. It was the strangest thing I or we have ever seen. I’ll never forget that moment. It was like I could have been looking at our child’s twin. Same eyes, same eye color, same hair and hair texture, same smile, same little body, even same little demeanor in the way they was holding on to their mom in the picture. Her nephew who is now 22, is the most handsome young man. As she showed us a current picture of him it was like looking at our son in the future. The entire encounter has left us almost speechless.