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Old 25-06-2007, 19:02
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Which soap familes look like they are actually related and which don't.

The King brothers are all very different.
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Old 25-06-2007, 19:11
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The Websters on Corrie all look like they could be related. Especially Sophie and Kevin! (Are they really father and daughter? I would not be surprised!) - but most of the families on Corrie just look really randomly assembled. I mean, does Eileen look like she could have produced either Todd or Jason?

Hollyoaks and Eastenders are pretty good with casting siblings; the McQueens, Ashworths and Deans all look alike, and I thought the Millers and Slaters did too.

Emmerdale is rubbish for it though! The Kings look NOTHING alike - how is Carl randomly fair when the others aren't? Dawn and Jamie weren't simliar, but Jamie does look like Bob.

(well, I gave that too much thought, didn't I? )
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Old 25-06-2007, 19:16
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Libby, Billy and Malcolm Kennedy looked nothing like each other.
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Old 25-06-2007, 19:27
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The Connors in Corrie all look alike
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Old 25-06-2007, 19:29
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What about the most obvious one...

Blanche and Deirdre...they have a freaky resemblance!
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Old 25-06-2007, 19:43
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The Deans in Hollyoaks, especially the boys, do look kinda similiar - it's a shame though that they sound so different!
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Old 25-06-2007, 19:47
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David Platt looks a bit like both Martin and Gail.

Gail looks like Audrey.
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Old 25-06-2007, 19:50
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In Home and Away, the Hunter kids look alike, and they all look like their mother, Beth, particularly Scott and Robbie.
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Old 25-06-2007, 20:00
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mitchells!
although it might be coz they are both meaty baldies!
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Old 25-06-2007, 20:24
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The Mcqueens may look alike but it dosent explain there completely random accents!
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Old 25-06-2007, 20:29
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I always thought that Susan Tully and Todd Carty were well cast as brother and sister in Eastenders.
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Old 25-06-2007, 21:09
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Lauren Branning in EE looks nothing like anyone in her family, but Tanya and Abi are a good match. As are Bradley and Max.

The Beales are particularly good, Bobby looks like a mini Ian.
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Old 25-06-2007, 21:14
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I think that Darren Miller looks like his dad, Keith Miller. Carly and Deano Wicks dont look anything like each other though!
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Old 25-06-2007, 21:29
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Eastenders
Lauren Branning has dark brown hair while Max has ginger hair and Tanya has blonde hair. Or is it genetic? Or is Lauren not Max's?

That said though, Abi and Tanya could easily pass as mother and daughter in real life. Same with Max and Bradley.

I think Stacey could have quite easily have been the sixth Slater sister rather than just a cousin. Although Stacey and Sean don't look alike.

Ben Mitchell doesn't look like Phil or Kathy, in my opinion.

I think the Millers, especially Mickey, Demi (although they're brother and sister in real life) and Dawn all looked like they could have been Rosie's kids. I suppose Darren does as well. Keith's just stinky Keith

Emmerdale
As said earlier the King brothers don't look nothing alike.

Grayson and Rosemary aren't really believable as mother and son. I think there is only 11 years between them in real life. Same with Audrey and Gail off Corrie, there's only 8 years between them in real life and I don't find them believable as mother and daughter.

I didn't think Terry and his dad looked a lot alike either.

Carrie and Scarlett, Viv and Donna, Val and Sharon all look like they could be mother and daughter in real life.

Corrie
Tracy and Amy, Deirdre and Blanche all look they could
be mother and daughter.

I often forget Maria and Kirk are brother and sister.

Cilla, Chesney and Fiz are good casting too.

I remember seeing a picture of Freddie and he looked a lot like Ashley
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Old 25-06-2007, 21:35
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i dont think its a major thing that they do look alike, i have two brothers and two sisters and we look nothing alike, speaking of different coloured hair with tanya max and their kids, i have a friend who is the only ginger in a dark brown family!

i also think the barlows esp blanche n deirdre look really alike!
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Old 25-06-2007, 21:53
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OB and Tom look alike in hollyoaks although they are not related in the soap..
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Old 25-06-2007, 22:38
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Emmerdale is rubbish for it though! The Kings look NOTHING alike - how is Carl randomly fair when the others aren't?

That often happens in big families, it's not weird at all that one of them is fairer. I have 4 big bros and a little sis and none of us look alike at all. One of my bros is quite fair, and my little sister is fair but the rest of us are all dark, and none of us look alike really. I don't think it's unrealistic, i think it's more about the chemistry a family has that makes it realistic.

Lol, and you could argue that each King bro looks like a cross between one of the other 2. Carl has features that are small and close together. Matt has features that are big and close together. Jimmy has features that are big and wide apart. Max had features that were sort of in-between sized and wide apart. So it's sorta realistic, lol. I think like you, I thought about that way too much.

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Old 25-06-2007, 23:38
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The Connors in Corrie all look alike
Liam and Michelle look very alike!
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Old 25-06-2007, 23:40
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I always thought the Cottons were well-cast.

John Altman really does almost scarily look like a combination of June Brown & Christopher Hancock.
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Old 26-06-2007, 00:49
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Bianca Jackson? Obviously Jim has a recessive red hair gene which explains her and Bradley and Max.
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Old 26-06-2007, 02:33
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Janae and Janelle from Neighbours (or whatever their names are) and the girl who was swapped with Brie are good lookalikes I think.

Shadrach and Chas from Emmerdale is a bit hard to believe.
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Old 26-06-2007, 08:23
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I used to think that the original Sarah Louise Platt looked a lot like Martin, but she wasn't supposed to be his genetic daughter.
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Old 26-06-2007, 08:54
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The Mcqueens may look alike but it dosent explain there completely random accents!
But they don't all look alike? Families don't necessarily have to. And I have known several families to have quite different accents, especially when they have different fathers. Its down to pronuciation as much as strength of accent. My sister and I have the same mum and dad, but I sound completely different to her
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Old 26-06-2007, 09:33
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Do you have a different regional accent, though?
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Old 26-06-2007, 09:36
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I am blonde, my younger sister is brunette and my even younger brother is strawberry blonde(ginger). We all look very different. They both also have quite strong Welsh accents, whereas I am very English. I have a different father from the other two. Which is the case with most of the McQueens, Jaqcui and Mercedes have the same father as do Carmel, JP and Michaela, then there's Tina.
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