An artist who regularly collects antique photography says she was stunned after purchasing a 19th-century portrait that turned out to be an uncanny double of her wife.

Avery Klein ( @thedeaddetective ) shared on TikTok what unfolded when she came across a carte de visite of “Sarah Somes” on eBay. The story has since captured the internet’s imagination, drawing 1.9 million likes and 10.6 million views.

"She looked surprisingly similar to my wife, Casey, especially in the eyes," Klein told Newsweek . "There was an instant sense of familiarity. I turned my computer toward my wife, who was sitting next to me on the couch, and she giggled and shrugged. I come across doppelgängers almost daily in my work, so it didn’t initially strike me as anything unusual. But once I clicked away fro

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