14 On-Screen Parents and Kids Who Look So Alike, We Can’t Believe They’re Not Actually Related

If you’re a fan of TV shows, you’ve probably noticed that sometimes the characters who play relatives on-screen look so alike, we instantly forget they’re not related in real life. It’s almost as if the casting directors of those shows are real magicians. Well, at least they know how to do their job well and get us completely lost in the plot of the show.
Here at Bright Side, we tried to recall TV shows where daughters and mothers and sons and fathers looked so alike, they could easily be relatives in real life. So here’s a gallery of look-alikes that we’ve come up with. Do you support our choices?
Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Tim Allen from Home Improvement
Lisa Kudrow and Teri Garr from Friends
Teri Hatcher and Lesley Ann Warren from Desperate Housewives
Zach Braff and John Ritter from Scrubs
Michelle Dockery and Elizabeth McGovern from Downton Abbey
Zoe Perry and Annie Potts from Young Sheldon
KJ Apa and Luke Perry from Riverdale
Camila Mendes and Marisol Nichols from Riverdale
Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham from Gilmore Girls
Gina Rodriguez and Andrea Navedo from Jane the Virgin
Leighton Meester and Margaret Colin from Gossip Girl
Katie McGrath and Brenda Strong from Supergirl
Anna Faris and Allison Janney from Mom
Connor Swindells and Alistair Petrie from Sex Education
In your opinion, which characters from our selection look most like parents and kids? Can you add the names of other movie and TV show characters to our list?
Comments
the one with Camila Mendes from Riverdale, thats NOT Marisol Nikols from Riverdale. That is Lana Parilla from Once Upon A Time fame....wow, totally wrong!
Related Reads
15 Touching Moments That Prove Children’s Kindness and Compassion Are the Purest Form of Empathy in 2026

16 True Stories That Prove Your Gut Feeling Is Almost Always Smarter Than Your Second Thoughts

15 Stories That Prove True Wealth Is Measured in Empathy

12 Handmade Treasures That Became More Precious Than Anything Money Could Buy

10 Sibling Moments That Prove Compassion and Wisdom Can Reunite a Family

20 Stories That Teach Us the Homes We Live in Remember Everything We’ve Ever Put Into Them

17 Quiet Acts of Kindness and Empathy That Reached People Exactly When They Needed It Most

10 Moments of Empathy That Teach Us Why Forgiveness Still Brings Hope Back to Heavy Hearts

10 Moments of Wisdom That Show Why the Strongest Hearts Choose Kindness, Empathy and Forgiveness

10 Moments of Rare Kindness That Prove the Strongest Hearts Choose Love and Empathy, Even When Life Is Tough

10 Real Self-Care Moments That Teach Us Kindness to Yourself Is Always the Greatest Act of Happiness in 2026

10 Real-Life Stories That Prove Justice Always Finds a Way, Even After Years of Silence














