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Rebecca Fleenor, 62 percent match

Nick Hide, 59 percent match

Rich Brown, 59 percent match

Iyaz Akhtar, 58 percent match

Iyaz Akhtar, 38 percent match

Rochelle Garner, 56 percent match

Ashlee Clark Thompson, 60 percent match

Jon Skillings, 54 percent match

Kelsey Adams 52 percent match

Kelsey Adams, 54 percent match

Stephen Shankland as a teenager, 51 percent match

Megan Wollerton, 49 percent match

David Carnoy, 48 percent match

Jeff Sparkman, 48 percent match

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper as a teenager, 47 percent

Brian Bennett, 47 percent match

Dan Ackerman, 46 percent match

Roger Cheng, 45 percent match

Lori Grunin, 45 percent match

Patricia Puentes, 45 percent match

Ry Crist, 43 percent match

Ry Crist, 44 percent match

Josh Goldman, 44 percent match

Ian Sherr, 42 percent match

Sean Hollister, 41 percent match

Lindsey Turrentine, 40 percent match

Ben Fox Rubin, 32 percent match

Leslie Katz, 32 percent match

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The latest viral craze, a feature in Google’s Arts & Culture app free app, matches your photo to works from museums and galleries around the world. We asked CNET staff to try it out. Warning to the vain: Most matches aren’t that flattering, but they sure are funny. Match percentages for Google’s app vary wildly depending on the angle of your face, hair styling and whether you look directly at the camera.

Rebecca Fleenor scored the highest match of all CNET staffers, and really, we weren’t surprised. “OK, OK, so I know a thing or two about museum doppelgangers. (Unfortunately my spirit painting, the girl from Bouguereau’s “The Broken Pitcher,” doesn’t seem to be in Google’s database.)”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Google Arts & Culture app

“Seeing this as validation for growing out my beard.”

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“At that point you shave down the sides.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Rich Brown/CNET

“I definitely resemble some kind of bearded man…” (Continued on next slide.)

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Iyaz Akhtar/CNET

“…or a little girl.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Iyaz Akhtar/CNET

“My colors have always been autumn.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Google Arts & Culture app

“Is there a shortage of black women in these archives, or do I just look like a little boy?”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Ashlee Clark Thompson/CNET

“Wish I could grow a beard like that. Or any beard, frankly.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Jon Skillings/CNET

Kelsey Adams tried a shot of her from 2016 (shown here), and one from 2018 (see next slide).

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Kelsey Adams/CNET

“Scientific proof I’ve aged 20 years since 2016.” (See earlier slide for explanation.)

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Kelsey Adams/CNET

“I’ll take Madame Cezanne, sure!”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Stephen Shankland/CNET

“Yep, we do indeed look alike — from the bangs to the unkempt wisps of hair. At least she had the good sense to wear a scarf!”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Google Arts & Culture app

“Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe was always a personal favorite. Now I know why.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Google Arts & Culture app

“Much to my surprise, I look like another bald guy with facial hair. When I posted this on Facebook, some of my friends suggested I also looked like Lenin, so I guess I’ve got that as a backup.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Google Arts & Culture app

“I photographed a candid snapshot from high school, and it turned out to be a better match than any of my current selfies. Sadly you can’t see my oh-so-1980s argyle vest.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Google Arts & Culture app

“Hmm…looks like I’m a serious guy once the glasses come off.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Google Arts & Culture app

“To be fair, I was suffering from extreme hat-hair at the time.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Google Arts & Culture app

“I don’t see it.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Google Arts & Culture app

“This woman looks exactly like me — if you exclude the shape of her face, nose, mouth and eyes. We’re both white with rosy cheeks and dark hair.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Lori Grunin/CNET

“I’ve tried several times. And it keeps finding resemblances between me and children with faces in varying degrees of chubbiness.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Google Arts & Culture app

“Guess I’m an old-school dork…” (Continued on next slide.)

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Ry Crist/CNET

“…regardless of facial expression.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Google Arts & Culture app

“Well, at least now I can tell people I was once mistaken for a famous Lithuanian artist.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Google Arts & Culture app

“Uh, Google, we need to talk.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Google Arts & Culture app

“I haven’t gone back in time to pose for this… yet.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Google Arts & Culture app

“I look like your average white lady, so why’s it so hard to find my match?”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Lindsey Turrentine/CNET

“It kinda works.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Google Arts & Culture app

“OK, Google … that’s not funny.”

Caption by CNET staff / Photo by Leslie Katz/CNET

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Rebecca Fleenor, 62 percent match

Nick Hide, 59 percent match

Rich Brown, 59 percent match

Iyaz Akhtar, 58 percent match

Iyaz Akhtar, 38 percent match

Rochelle Garner, 56 percent match

Ashlee Clark Thompson, 60 percent match

Jon Skillings, 54 percent match

Kelsey Adams 52 percent match

Kelsey Adams, 54 percent match

Stephen Shankland as a teenager, 51 percent match

Megan Wollerton, 49 percent match

David Carnoy, 48 percent match

Jeff Sparkman, 48 percent match

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper as a teenager, 47 percent

Brian Bennett, 47 percent match

Dan Ackerman, 46 percent match

Roger Cheng, 45 percent match

Lori Grunin, 45 percent match

Patricia Puentes, 45 percent match

Ry Crist, 43 percent match

Ry Crist, 44 percent match

Josh Goldman, 44 percent match

Ian Sherr, 42 percent match

Sean Hollister, 41 percent match

Lindsey Turrentine, 40 percent match

Ben Fox Rubin, 32 percent match

Leslie Katz, 32 percent match

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