Our grandparents may be grey and wrinkled but once they were young, facing many life problems and experiencing its joy just like we are now. To honor their journey in this world and to express love, people are time traveling by recreating their grandparents old photographs, and they’re nailing it.
Bored Panda has collected some of the best grandchildren attempts to mimic their grandmas and grandpas, and you’ll be amazed by the amount of effort they’ve put into it.
But it was definitely worth it. From visiting the same sights to wearing identical outfits, these people bonded with their ancestors on another level. Let’s hope they’ve seen it! Scroll down to check out these amazing then-and-now images and vote for your favorites.P.S. If you like this list, check out these 15+ couples recreating their old photos and proving that true love is forever.
The greatest man I know. My grandfather and I, 60 years apart, both taken at 23-years-old and in the same jacket
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Recreated my Great-Grandmother’s 1918 Portrait
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My Grandma in 1931 and Me in 2012. Both 20-years-old
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Sitting exactly where my grandfather sat in WWII 1944 vs. 2014. Arno River, Florence Italy
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Grandpa at East Base Antarctica 1940 on left. Me last week on right
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Recreated Polaroid of Grandpa from 1977
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My husband and I got married at the same church that his grandparents did!
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My grandfather and I, 1965 and 2016
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My mum and grandmother (1977); me and my mum (2012). Two generations of University of Melbourne graduates
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My boyfriend and I attempted to recreate my favorite picture of my grandparents, this was the result
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Recreated my grandparents’ wedding photo from 1954 at our own wedding on Friday.
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My grandpa, my dad, and myself. Making three generations of wives worried sick
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Friend recreated her grandmother’s picture – 69 years later
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1st gen (1989): me, my dad, and my grandpa playing Zelda on NES. 2nd Gen (2016): my son, me, and my dad playing Zelda on NES on WiiU
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It’s my Grandma’s 79th Birthday today. Here’s her in 1949 vs. Me in 2015
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My Grandfather in 1939, myself in 1999
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My sister on the same ship our Grandfather served on in the Korean War. Now a museum in Virginia
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1989 and NOW: My grandfather and I
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Here is a side by side picture of my Grandfather (World War II) and myself (Current War)
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My grandfather and I, roughly sixty years apart
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Standing next to my grandfather on the streets of Pleurtuit, France in 1944 and 2013
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I turn twenty in 30 minutes. For the last hour of my teens I wanted to reproduce my favourite picture of my grandfather when he was my age studying at Hitotsubashi University
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my great grandfather and I trained at the same location, exactly 100 years apart. He left for France shortly after this was taken in 1917
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