My mother-in-law, a teacher, has a picture of her two oldest grandkids (my two stepkids) on her desk at school. She was telling me with utter jubilation about how a fellow teacher had commented on what a strong resemblance the kids had to my husband.
I rolled my eyes and said, "Psh, yeah, she was just being polite."
It's important to note that I was being completely honest, and my husband agrees with me on this--the kids are half-Asian and they don't look a thing like him, at all. Not even in more subtle ways like face-shape or whatever. But trust me, you don't want to go telling a grandmother that her grandkids have no family resemblance. I'm pretty sure she still hasn't forgiven me for it.
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