Family photos are meant to be heartwarming and often gain little attention when posted on social media. For a young woman in Chengdu, China, however, her family photos have earned her unexpected attention – all because her trendy father looks so young that he could pass off as her boyfriend.
The girl, whose name and age are unknown, was pictured with her father, mother and grandmother. Both her parents are 47 years old, according to Chinese news site Shanghaiist.
After she posted the photos online, the images quickly went viral on Sina Weibo, with netizens commenting on how young her parents looked.
The girl’s grandmother was also praised for her youthful looks, as netizens had initially thought she was the girl’s mother instead.
Sina Weibo
In a similar case last month, a photo of a mother and her two daughters left many confused when it was not clear who the mother was.
Kaylan Manomes of the United States had singlehandedly sent the world wide web into a tizzy by posting a “wefie” of herself, her twin sister, Kyla, and their mother.
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All across the world, social media users began to debate over who they thought looked most like the girls’ mother.
One Twitter user refused to believe that their mother was in the picture with them, while another said she would only be convinced if she could see their birth certificates.
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