Geoff is tall, even by today's standards, and has the same deep set eyes and aquiline nose.  His body characteristics and proportions are markedly the same as James', and the magnificent wavy hair that just covers the top of overlarge ears are the same.  The men share high, small cheekbones, and their choice of face adornment are the same.  Is that because James' beard was thinner from the sideburns to the lower jaw, like Geoff's?

        The similarities between the two men physically and their approach to life  are remarkable:  James was active in community service, ran for the State Legislature,  was active in his church, and  an orator of repute.  Geoff too, is active in the church and community; he loves to sing karaoke, perform for the senior centers, and in church.  While we lived in California he was a board member for the theater group as well as the Administration Council at church; and  his public speaking skills won him an appointment to the Cultural Arts Commission.

        Each one of us has a relative or ancestor that we look like.  Most of the time we are a composite, with one or two striking similarities.  It isn't unusual to have some of the more arresting features crop up every generation or so, or even to have what could be a "mirror twin" show up.  Finding those things in common is just one more thrill to the hobby (I really mean compulsion) of genealogy!