Do people date people with similar features?

Essentially, the study, which was published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, found that we consistently find ourselves dating partners with similar attributes and characteristics because these are the types of people that surround us at school, work, or home - and not because we are subconsciously

What does it mean when you date someone that looks like you?

Yep — its called genetic assortative mating — and its more common than you might think. So, Dylan Sprouse and Barbara Palvin, if youre troubled by the fact you look more like brother and sister than boyfriend and girlfriend — dont worry. It happens to the best of us.

Are we attracted to similar facial features?

Statistician Emma Pierson, who studied 1 million matches made by dating site eHarmonys algorithm, discovered that people are overwhelmingly more interested in people who are similar to them.

Why do married couples look like siblings?

Back in 1987, scientists from the University of Michigan set out to study the phenomenon of married couples who grow to look more alike over time. (Their theory, which scientists still cite today, was that decades of shared emotions result in a closer resemblance due to similar wrinkles and expressions.)