MyHeritage.com is a website that traces family geneology. But they’ve got a cool new feature which has little to do with geneology.
All you do is go here, upload a picture of yourself (a quick and easy free resigistration may be required), and their "face recognition" software kicks back a list of celebrities with similar facial features and structure. Things like hair, makeup, glasses, etc. are not factored in. Not even facial fat. It’s a bone structure, spacing-between-the-eyes kind of thing.
Eager to try, I obtained pictures of friends of mine (and Debbie Does Dallas co-actors) from their blogs and ran them through the face pattern recognition software.
And now, without their permission, I give you the results (below the fold). The numbers in parentheses represent how closely their face matches their "inner celebrity".
Now before you look at the results, keep one thing in mind. This is based on ONE PHOTO. The MyHeritage website lets you submit more photos, to get a more accurate reading.
Emily Mark:
Matches Callista Flockhart best with a rating of 75%. Other matches include Alyssa Milano (74%), Alicia Sliverstone (73%), and Grace Kelly (73%).
The program doesn’t give any male counterparts for Emily.
Matches Elisha Cuthbert best with a rating of 71%. Other matches include Rita Heyworth (70%), Kelly Clarkson (67%) and Gwyneth Patrow (67%)
For male counterparts, the only result is Gary Cooper (62%)
Cheryl Ann Roberts:
Matches Mira Sorvino best with a rating of 67%. Other matches include Rachel McAdams (64%), Demi Moore (60%) and, um, Monica Lewinsky (60%).
For male counterparts, the best result is Patrick Stewart (58%)
Okay, I did me, too. My best match was Paul Walker (who?) with a rating of 64%. Other matches include Dan Quayle (57%, and please shoot me), Tom Cruise (55%), Gregory Peck (51%) and Chris Noth (51%). No female counterparts.
Yeah, Paul Walker. Riiiiiiiight.
By the way, a word of caution. I showed this website to a female co-worker of mine, and we ran her picture in front of her. The best match was Arial Sharon. So, you know, use this service advisedly.