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Why you can trust SCMP

Advanced facial-recognition technology and online networking could help locate your look-alike or long-lost twin. Free social network iLookLikeYou.com enables members to upload their photos and match them with pictures submitted by others. Doppelgangers can be displayed by members on their profile page for others to marvel at. The site's founders claim their inspiration was a story about actor Richard Gere finding a look-alike in Japan while promoting his 2004 film Shall We Dance? It was the country's then-prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi.

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