--- title: Does Daddy Love You More if You Look Like Him? description: Yes, he does: Abstract: Human fathers face paternity uncertainty and are expected to use cues of relatedness to adjust their investment. So far, the main... canonical: https://time.com/2859713/does-daddy-love-you-more-if-you-look-like-him/ author: Eric Barker article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-15T04:01:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:54:14.873Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Does Daddy Love You More if You Look Like Him? og:description: Yes, he does: Abstract: Human fathers face paternity uncertainty and are expected to use cues of relatedness to adjust their investment. So far, the main... og:url: https://time.com/2859713/does-daddy-love-you-more-if-you-look-like-him/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Does Daddy Love You More if You Look Like Him? twitter:description: Yes, he does: Abstract: Human fathers face paternity uncertainty and are expected to use cues of relatedness to adjust their investment. So far, the main... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Does Daddy Love You More if You Look Like Him? by [Eric Barker](https://time.com/author/eric-barker/) ## Eric Barker Jun 15, 2014 4:01 AM UTC by [Eric Barker](https://time.com/author/eric-barker/) ## Eric Barker Jun 15, 2014 4:01 AM UTC Yes, he does: --- > “” --- Source: Are parents’ perceptions of offspring facial resemblance consistent with actual resemblance? Effects on parental investment from Evolution & Human Behavior by Alexandra Alvergne, Charlotte Faurie, Michel Raymond **Follow me** on Twitter [here](http://www.twitter.com/bakadesuyo/) or get updates via email [here](http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=bakadesuyo&loc=en%5FUS). Related posts: [10 things you need to know about families](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-families) [Why you don’t want an older brother or a younger pair of twin siblings](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/why-you-dont-want-an-older-brother-or-a-young) [Is your brother smart? Then you might be crazy.](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/is-your-brother-smart-then-you-might-be-crazy) _This piece originally appeared on_ [_Barking Up the Wrong Tree_](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2859713/does-daddy-love-you-more-if-you-look-like-him/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2859713/does-daddy-love-you-more-if-you-look-like-him/"},"headline":"Does Daddy Love You More if You Look Like Him?","datePublished":"2014-06-15T04:01:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:54:14.873Z","description":"Yes, he does: Abstract: Human fathers face paternity uncertainty and are expected to use cues of relatedness to adjust their investment. So far, the main...","url":"https://time.com/2859713/does-daddy-love-you-more-if-you-look-like-him/","keywords":["Psychology","Parenting","Fatherhood"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Barker","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-barker/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/psychology/","name":"Psychology"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2859713/does-daddy-love-you-more-if-you-look-like-him/","name":"Does Daddy Love You More if You Look Like Him?"}}]}] ```