Mailbag Monday: Celebrity Look-Alikes
I use Mondays to clear out my mailbag. This week we’re discussing celebrity look-alikes, since our family has several. Want proof? Read on to examine the compelling photographic evidence yourself.
Question: Did you ever notice?
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Flanders,
Has anybody ever told you your son looks like Ashton Kutcher?
Just wondering,
A Casual Observer
Answer: We couldn’t agree more!
Okay, so nobody actually sent us a letter about it, but we have had to field that question in person more times than we can count.
In the beginning, folks were just talking about David.
And I’ve got to admit, when Kutcher first came on the scene, I couldn’t watch any of his movies without feeling like I was seeing my own son on the silver screen.
David still favors Ashton Kutcher quite a bit, but these days the similarity is even more striking in our son Samuel… and we aren’t the only ones to notice.
The above photo was taken in 2013, shortly after Samuel returned from Guatemala, where he was treated like a celebrity by people who presumed he was the movie star traveling incognito, despite his assurances to the contrary.
But Flanders family look-alikes don’t stop there.
While staging a Star Wars
Also, our daughter Bethany has repeatedly told us this actor, Justin Long, reminds her of her brother Benjamin.
I can see that. Maybe. Just a little.
And the dopplegangers don’t stop with my children. Some of my grandkids have celebrity twins, as well. After my grandson Grayson lost his front tooth, I couldn’t look at him without seeing Alfred E. Neuman. #nevernoticedtheresemblancebefore
2025 UPDATE:
Trump is back in office, and the resemblance we noticed between his son Barron and our son Gabriel during his first term has become even more pronounced now. They’re both the same age, both have wavy brown hair, and are both the same height: 6 foot 7!
And speaking of tall kids, our daughter Abigail is now 6 ft 1. That, together with her athletic build and long brown hair and dark eyes, makes her look a lot like the legendary women’s basketball player, Caitlin Clark.
That’s it for now! Have a great week. And if there are any celebrity look-alikes in your family, tell us about them in the comment section below!
That’s very curious! Just before getting on the laptop and seeing this post on look -a -likes, I had been looking at our 25th Wedding Anniversary album that includes the visit to Gettysburg. I was looking at Robert E. Lee and thinking of a look-a-like. I’ve noticed days ago too, a look-a-like to Charles Finney; and remember being stopped in a parking lot as a family at Wonderland, because our eldest looked to them like Prince William. On a weekend not long ago, I saw a look-a-like to Lou Engle.