Is This Boy Not the Spitting Image of Natalie Portman?

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By Maia Efrem March 25, 2016

We have only one question for you: Does this picture of a 13-year-old boy remind you of anyone?

When Redditer Shannon Welch posted her boyfriend Clyff’s childhood photo to the social news site, the photo for one unlikely reason: Clyff at 13 looked exactly like Natalie Portman, right down to the beauty mark on their left cheek!

Out of all the women out there wishing they looked like Portman, turns out the “Star Wars” actress’ real doppelgänger was a sixth grade boy.

Maia Efrem is the former research editor and assistant to the editor and was also responsible for the Forward’s annual Salary Survey. Previously she served as the editor of Blognik Beat, a blog written by students who emigrated from or have ties to the Former Soviet Union. Maia is a graduate of Hunter College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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