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Thread started 06/22/16 6:55am

kristy

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Wonder who prince look like in his family

Iam always fanisnated by people who don't look like either of their parents, I look like my mom/grandma. I seen both prince's parents to me he dont look like either , although looks like he got his mothers color, Iam wondering if prince went back in his family and got his features , I remember him saying something like they couldn't find who his mother's father was or something like that, maybe that's the link, prince is clearly black but because of his looks I always wonder what else ran though his blood line
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Reply #1 posted 06/22/16 7:09am

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hmm He looks like a combo of his mom & dad...

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Reply #2 posted 06/22/16 7:55am

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I honestly thought when i saw the movie Purple Rain (as a teen) that his parents were like the people in the movie, 1 white and 1 black...i didn't know better until over the years realizing (and reading) it was actually Vanity's parents that were of that combination..her mom was polish/german/jewish and father black/hawaiian i didn't know anything about how the movie was made or written or who was involved in putting it together..but yes i thought he was a combo of many other things...the way Vanity was AND he called her Vanity bcuz he said once, looking at her was like looking at the female version of himself....and yes, they did look a lot alike!

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Reply #3 posted 06/22/16 8:02am

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He and Tyka look pretty similar. around the eyes, and kind of with the smile.

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Reply #4 posted 06/22/16 8:06am

TXfan

I thought about this too. I have only seen the one picture of his mom that's online. He doesn't look like the other siblings that much so his looks must come from somewhere else. His Dad was from Louisiana I heard,was his mom too? There was a lot of race mixing down south long ago,especially plantation states. I wonder if Prince ever did a genealogy dna test?
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Reply #5 posted 06/22/16 8:13am

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He definitely looks like his mother. There's a photo of her as a little girl floating around and the resemblance is strong. Her face is fuller in that one widely circulated pic where she is older and Prince was so thin they look less alike, but he did very much look like his parents.

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Reply #6 posted 06/22/16 8:20am

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He looked like a combination of his parents IMO. As Prince grew older I thought he was looking ever more so like his father
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Reply #7 posted 06/22/16 8:47am

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I read on Wiki that all 4 of his grandparents were from Lousiana, so yes there could be other mixes/races in his background, definitely! Beyonce's family (her moms side) are from Louisiana as well, which is why she put in that commercial she did for Revlon years ago that she is...

African American

Native American

French

The last 2 are from her mom 's side i believe.

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Reply #8 posted 06/22/16 9:02am

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Prince looked like both his parents. From the eyes up, he looked like his mother and from yhe eyes down, he looked like his father.
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Reply #9 posted 06/22/16 9:56am

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limoncello said:

He definitely looks like his mother. There's a photo of her as a little girl floating around and the resemblance is strong. Her face is fuller in that one widely circulated pic where she is older and Prince was so thin they look less alike, but he did very much look like his parents.



Haven't seen the pic of his mother as a little girl, if someone finds it can y'all post it?
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Reply #10 posted 06/22/16 10:37am

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kristy said:

Iam always fanisnated by people who don't look like either of their parents, eye look like my mom/grandma. eye seen both prince's parents 2 me he dont look like either , although looks like he got his mothers color, Iam wondering if prince went back in his family and got his features , eye remember him saying something like they couldn't find who his mother's father was or something like that, maybe that's the link, prince is clearly black but because of his looks eye always wonder what else ran though his blood line

eye think Tyka and he look alike. They have the same smile and teeth. They also share the light skin color and eyes. eye bet if she were thin the resemblence would be even greater. ( no offense Tyka, 2 your size).

eye also so some resemblence 2 his dad...same body mannerisms, they way they held thier heads 4 example. They weree also both vain as hell. lol

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Reply #11 posted 06/22/16 11:19am

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Prince's family is creole from Louisiana... he looks like his dad physically but has his mothers complexion.. tyka looks like his mother... I've seen pics of mattie and her twin sister edna with their parents...and they look Creole. So that story about the mother not knowing who her father is...is a story unless she was a jacket (the man who was put as their dad isn't their real dad) but it doesn't seem so from what I've picked up
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Reply #12 posted 06/22/16 12:01pm

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It's funny y'all keep talking about him getting his complexion from his mom... because his mom & dad look damn near the same color... but wtf do I know... square

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Reply #13 posted 06/22/16 12:25pm

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limoncello said:

He definitely looks like his mother. There's a photo of her as a little girl floating around and the resemblance is strong. Her face is fuller in that one widely circulated pic where she is older and Prince was so thin they look less alike, but he did very much look like his parents.

Yup. It's almost like looking at Prince as a kid, only with long hair.

Haven't been able to find the picture though. Anyone else?

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Reply #14 posted 06/22/16 12:42pm

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I'm not sure, but he had eyes that hypnotized ! yes

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Reply #15 posted 06/22/16 12:44pm

morningsong

CalhounSq said:

It's funny y'all keep talking about him getting his complexion from his mom... because his mom & dad look damn near the same color... but wtf do I know... square



I thought so.

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Reply #16 posted 06/22/16 1:48pm

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paulludvig said:

limoncello said:

He definitely looks like his mother. There's a photo of her as a little girl floating around and the resemblance is strong. Her face is fuller in that one widely circulated pic where she is older and Prince was so thin they look less alike, but he did very much look like his parents.

Yup. It's almost like looking at Prince as a kid, only with long hair.

Haven't been able to find the picture though. Anyone else?

Found the picture:

The wooh is on the one!
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Reply #17 posted 06/22/16 1:58pm

kristy

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paulludvig said:



paulludvig said:




limoncello said:


He definitely looks like his mother. There's a photo of her as a little girl floating around and the resemblance is strong. Her face is fuller in that one widely circulated pic where she is older and Prince was so thin they look less alike, but he did very much look like his parents.



Yup. It's almost like looking at Prince as a kid, only with long hair.


Haven't been able to find the picture though. Anyone else?



Found the picture:




Wow sometimes I guess you have to look at different angles, I see it here
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Reply #18 posted 06/22/16 2:37pm

TXfan

Definitely looks like Prince there. Great picture
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Reply #19 posted 06/22/16 2:44pm

PhilG

Prince's Grand dad looks pretty tall. He was a train porter right?

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Reply #20 posted 06/22/16 3:26pm

ChanGirl

His mother is said to have had Cherokee blood as well, I can see that in Prince at times.

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Reply #21 posted 06/22/16 8:01pm

GhostChick

GeniusLuv said:

I honestly thought when i saw the movie Purple Rain (as a teen) that his parents were like the people in the movie, 1 white and 1 black...i didn't know better until over the years realizing (and reading) it was actually Vanity's parents that were of that combination..her mom was polish/german/jewish and father black/hawaiian i didn't know anything about how the movie was made or written or who was involved in putting it together..but yes i thought he was a combo of many other things...the way Vanity was AND he called her Vanity bcuz he said once, looking at her was like looking at the female version of himself....and yes, they did look a lot alike!

Who told you that Vanity's Dad was Black and Hawaiian?

Vanity's dad was Black. Period.

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Reply #22 posted 06/22/16 8:03pm

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kristy said:

paulludvig said:

Found the picture:

Wow sometimes I guess you have to look at different angles, I see it here

Where is this pic from?

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Reply #23 posted 06/22/16 8:04pm

GhostChick

icequeen78 said:

Prince's family is creole from Louisiana... he looks like his dad physically but has his mothers complexion.. tyka looks like his mother... I've seen pics of mattie and her twin sister edna with their parents...and they look Creole. So that story about the mother not knowing who her father is...is a story unless she was a jacket (the man who was put as their dad isn't their real dad) but it doesn't seem so from what I've picked up

Prince's mom's family is Creole. Everybody in her family was not Creole and his dad wasn't either.

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Reply #24 posted 06/22/16 8:26pm

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He is really just a mix of his mom and dad. Leaning more to his mother's coloring.
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Reply #25 posted 06/23/16 11:52pm

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GhostChick said:



kristy said:


paulludvig said:


Found the picture:




Wow sometimes I guess you have to look at different angles, I see it here

Where is this pic from?



There was recently a thread "Pics of his mother?" and this link was posted in there.
http://prince.org/msg/5/417852
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Reply #26 posted 06/24/16 8:57am

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GhostChick said:

kristy said:

paulludvig said: Wow sometimes I guess you have to look at different angles, I see it here

Where is this pic from?

I first saw it a while back on a thread about his cousin (daughter of Prince's mother's twin sister, the little girl at right in this picture), which showed a bunch of family pics.

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Reply #27 posted 06/24/16 1:16pm

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Mom...and the older he got he started to look like his dad.

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