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These are the facial features you’re going to pass on to your kids

Ever wondered in what ways your child might take after you?

Have you ever said to someone ‘You have your mother’s eyes’? What about ‘You have your father’s nose’?

Family resemblance is undeniable, but now you can actually pinpoint which facial features came from where.

Scientists at King’s College London studied about 1000 female twins using 3D face mapping software to determine which parts of the face are most influenced by genetics.

They found your nose is the body part you’re most likely to inherit from your parents – more specifically the tip of your nose is about 66 per cent likely to have been passed down through your family.

Goldie Hawn and her daughter Kate Hudson.

Although your nose might be a noticeable family trait, another you might never comment on is the space between your nose and your lip (called the philtrum), which is the second most highly-ranked area of genetic similarity.

Cheekbones were also high on the list, and Susan Sarandon and her daughter Eva Amurri prove having this bone structure trait can really emphasise familial resemblance.

Susan Sarandon and her daughter Eva Amurri.

“The notion that our genes control our face is self-evident. Many of us have facial traits that clearly resemble those of our parents and identical twins are often indistinguishable,” said professor Giovanni Montana from King’s College London.

Reese Witherspoon and her daughter Ava are nearly identical.

To summarise, the study discovered the areas of the face most likely to be influenced by your genetics include:

~ The tip of the nose

~ Area above the lips

~ Cheekbones

~ Inner corners of the eyes

~ Area below the lips

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