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Proof these celebrities really do have a type… people who look like their PARENTS

IT'S likely you've heard the theory before.. that men end up marrying women who are like their mother.

But is it true? Well, yes.

 Vogue Williams is almost a mirror image of Spencer Matthew's mum, Jane
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Vogue Williams is almost a mirror image of Spencer Matthew's mum, Jane

In fact, it's not just the men who are falling for their mummy-mirrors, women too are falling for their daddy-doppelgangers.

According to a new study done by the Charles University in Prague men and women most definitely have a 'type' when it comes to choosing a partner - and more often than not, the person they choose to settle down with tends to looks like their own mother or father.

And it's not just us mere mortals who fall for our father-figures, a whole host of famous faces from Victoria Beckham to Spencer Matthews and Lucy Mecklenburgh are showing there's proof in the pudding.

Researchers who analysed hundreds of relationships found that men typically choose to settle down with women who have the same eye and hair colour as their mothers.

 David Beckham looking as dapper as VB's dad, Anthony
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David Beckham looking as dapper as VB's dad, Anthony

Similarly, women pick men with the same features as their fathers – unless they grew up without them around.

 Lucy Mecklenburgh's CBB winner boyfriend Ryan Thomas has a startling resemblance to her dad, Paul
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Lucy Mecklenburgh's CBB winner boyfriend Ryan Thomas has a startling resemblance to her dad, Paul

The research came from scientists who studied past and present relationships of almost 2,000 heterosexual adults.

They then compared the eye and hair colour of each partner to that of their opposite-sex parent.

Both men and women tended to choose long-term partners – as opposed to a Friday night fling – that had the same eye or hair colour as their parent of the opposite sex.

The link was strongest in cases where both parents had the same eye colour, the study found.

Check out these other famous faces whose other half look remarkably like their parents.

 TV Goddess Fearne Cotton looks remarkably like her hubby's mum Jo Wood.
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TV Goddess Fearne Cotton looks remarkably like her hubby's mum Jo Wood.
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Princess Eugenie's hubby-to-be Jack Brooksbank strikes a fine figure like her dad Prince Andrew

 Singer Michael Buble's wife Luisana and mother Amber look very similar
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Singer Michael Buble's wife Luisana and mother Amber look very similar
 Miley loves a brooding, dark, handsome man it seems. Here's her fiance Liam Hemsworth looking just like her dad Billy Rae Cyrus
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Miley loves a brooding, dark, handsome man it seems. Here's her fiance Liam Hemsworth looking just like her dad Billy Rae Cyrus
 Cressida Bonas has the same blonde-bombshell glamour as Harry Wentworth-Stanley's mum, Clare Mountbatten
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Cressida Bonas has the same blonde-bombshell glamour as Harry Wentworth-Stanley's mum, Clare Mountbatten

 

 Ben Fogel's other half Marina is just as gorgeous as his mum Julia Foster
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Ben Fogel's other half Marina is just as gorgeous as his mum Julia Foster
 Ant McPartlin's new girlfriend Anne-Marie Corbett looks like a mirror image of his mum Christine Woodhall
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Ant McPartlin's new girlfriend Anne-Marie Corbett looks like a mirror image of his mum Christine Woodhall

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