Why does it seem like nearly every person on Earth has an unrelated facial duplicate twin somewhere?

Question

We've all seen people who look eerily like other people we know, you can always find a celebrity that looks like another. But why is this? Is God running out of models? Here's the question. If there are only a certain amount of facial characteristics and combinations that exist, how long until everyone looks completely alike?

Answer 1

Because the superficiality of Hollywood can't stand to see people that are different. That is why most of Hollywood looks and sounds exactly alike. They are afraid of change.

Lets face it, Hollywood is no deeper than a puddle.

Answer 2

Facial structure is randomized by your genes. The only way people would look alike is that, in the far future, all Earth's cultures blend together into one standard race/ethnicity. Other than that, it is highly unlikely that facial characteristics will somehow become more alike over the years.

Answer 3

The old MYTH about "Dopplegangers" is just that, a myth. That people are related, genetically, is a more likely theory.

Answer 4

I do not believe there will ever be a day in history that every human being looks the same.

Answer 5

I guess God recycles too.

Answer 6

because we are all related thru Adam and Eve

Answer 7

When everyone looks identical to god, then the evolution experiment will be over!

Answer 8

Because nature repeats.  That is why an atom is similar to a planet and how breaking an egg is like splitting an atom.  It use to be thought that our planet was different, being a small planet protected by larger planets but now, it is thought to be a repeat, more likely of life being repeated on another planet. When the horoscope was in use, they incorporated this idea of repeat, thinking everyone born at the same time would have repeat type lives.

Answer 9

I suspect that some of these "unrelated" duplicates are actually distant relatives that have similar characteristics.

I'd say that there are infinite possibilities for appearance so no, there won't be a day when all look the same.  

But, even so, I worked with a guy that looked so much like me that when we were seen together, people remarked we were brothers, and some thought we were twins (even though I was 10 years older).  Never met him before we worked together, but it's obvious that he and I must have descended from the same tribe back in the old country.