Nathaniël Siri and Edward Toledo are two doppelgӓngers who found each other years ago. 'It's like some sort of weird connection that I can't really explain,' says Toledo.
New documentary meets three pairs of lookalikes who were searching for some kind of belongingDeborah WainwrightNathaniël Siri and Edward Toledo are two doppelgӓngers who found each other years ago. "It's like some sort of weird connection that I can't really explain," says Toledo. With eight billion people on the planet, chances are that somewhere out there, there's someone who looks almost exactly like you.
Today, we use the term to simply mean someone who closely resembles us but is not related to us. It's a curious phenomenon that piques our collective attention in a powerful way.sent media outlets worldwide spinning. It showed that unrelated people who closely resembled each other also had genetic similarities.
According to Golub, our interest in doppelgängers tends to peak during times of societal division, in periods when technology has us a little fearful, and when we are struggling with issues of identity. Sound familiar?There are more than 10 million "doppelgänger seekers" registered in various "find your doppelgänger" groups online.
The themes of identity, belonging and human connection became evident as we got to know our pairs of stranger twins. Some expressed the desire to find someone who represents the sibling they never had or one they had lost. Someone who provides that feeling of being connected as family. Someone who understands them and may have experienced what they themselves have experienced simply because they resemble one another.