One skull looks bigger because it takes up more space in the photo. The cleft chin is an optical illusion due to the shadow under the chin. Different lighting conditiions. The ears can't be compared completely due to the different angle of the face. Clearly no change in features I can see. Quite rematkable that the nose hasn't changed. I do not know the span of years. Quite an achievement for this guy, he even keeps his sideburns the same size and shape over the span of years. I would have to guess a 10-15 year gap in the photos. I see no problem in these photos. Clearly the same person at two different periods. Using the clothing you might be able to get a good estimate of the dates, there are numerous sites on the web that will give you a leg up on comparing the clothes to date the pictures. There is too much information to post in a reply on this subject (google will find it for you). In a nutshell, your comparison problems arise from the facts that the two photos were taken: at different times, at different angles, with different lighting, with different amount of hair on top, different cameras, different lenses, etc. Also, I'm not sure how unique ears are, and it's been shown that fingerprints aren't as unique as we are led to believe. Not something that gets much newsplay. I can't quote you a source, so believe it or not as you like. I was expecting a much harder challenge. Unlikely a son would look that much like him. Possible, but improbable. The clothing will probably illuminate further. You haven't included any dates, nor physical descriptions/dimensions of the photographs; without which I can't assist you further. I could scour the web and probably roughly date them for you, given details of the photographs. I'm no expert. Brian On Sat, May 30, 2009 3:09 pm, JK wrote: > Have never seen anyone do a photo comparison on the list before so this > may be a first. > > It should pertain to anyone who is trying to verify old photographs to a > newer version of the same person > > I've posted 2 photos at http://newhamburg.org/ads/1krug.html > > They appear to be the same person. There are many similarities and I'm > not interested in a vote of whether members think they are the same > person. > > My problem arises in the fact that I believe the younger version has a > much larger skull. It appears to expand while the older version appears > to narrow. And I don't think skulls shrink with age. > The second problem I have is I don't believe the photographer whose > stamp is on the early picture was around anywhere near that time. But, > it could be explained by the picture being a reprint a number of years > later though. > > I'm looking for anyone who may have some expertise in doing comparisons. > I know that ears are as distinct as fingerprints and one ear seems very > close but I'm not convinced on the other. The eyes, square jaw, and nose > could be genetic. The older picture appears to have a cleft where the > younger one doesn't. This could be lighting or even an accident later in > life. > Also, the guy had 4 sons. At least one should look like him. > > As I said, no voting. Just constructive comments. > Maybe others will get some help from the intercourse > > JK >