This is one of the most interesting sites we have ever come across, though we’re not yet convinced about its accuracy.
Go to myheritage.com and sign up for a free account, upload a picture of yourself, and then submit it and allow this genealogical site to match you to ancestors or famous people who you most resemble.
Granted, it is still in beta and perhaps they are tightening up some loose screws. But when we submitted Ryan’s photo (frequent contributor to this blog) to the celebrity match, the output included Martin Luther King Jr., Luciano Pavarotti, and late Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi.
Since Ryan is told that he looks like Conan O’Brian at least twice each day, we’d say the celeb match tool still needs some work.
The concept is still great and traffic to myheritage.com increased by almost 200% in Week 15 (04/09). Check it out and see if it works for you.
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April 25th, 2006 at 10:56 pm
Ryan’s illustrious myheritage.com motivated me to check out my own. I was pleased when the first image was Jonas Salk, looking wise. I was less pleased when the next image was Mordechai Vanunu, recently released from 18 years in an Isreali prison – 11 years in solitary – for revealing details of Isreal’s nuclear program to the British press in 1984. Next was Dennis Quaid, an American actor who may have been just … acting. Best of all was the fourth image, Larry Bird! Wow, now there is something worth registering for. I don’t know what myheritage.com’s value proposition is, but being compared to Larry Bird, even in pixel form, is worth a lot to me! — DLMC