Take a good look at this picture to the right, and then take a look at my bio picture. Practically twins, huh? :)

This gentleman is Jiang Zemin, the former Chinese president. According to a database at MyHeritage.com, he, Peter Sellers (actor), Douglas Adams (author), Nana Mouskouri (singer), Sarah Ferguson (Duchess of York), Jean Seberg (actress), Karl Lagerfeld (fashion designer), Bruce Dickinson (heavy metal singer), Lara Flynn Boyle (actress), Jeff Goldblum (actor), and I have similar facial structures.

Basically intended as a genealogy resource, the Web site (http://www.myheritage.com/) also provides addictive face recognition technology that matched me to a former Communist leader and my beloved mother to mathematical philosopher Gottlob Frege. (Gottlob had a full beard ~ Mama didn't.)

The Israel-based site uses algorithms to compare faces. From a database of 3,200 famous people, ten results are provided, results which can be quite different at first impression. Whatever the differences, however, MyHeritage suggests we share some facial similarities with the people we are matched to.

To find out which celebrity you most resemble, click the link on the main page of the Web site and then download a photo of yourself. You’ll quickly receive a list of stars with similar facial features. The results, which can include men and women, are often surprising.

You will have to register first, but registration is free. Have two or three pictures handy. For one of mine and one of my mother, there were no results, and another photo of me was too small.