--- title: Matthew McConaughey Looks Just Like This Great Grandfather description: The man is a dead ringer for the True Detective star. canonical: https://time.com/4292662/matthew-mcconaughey-great-great-grandfather-lookalike/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-13T19:36:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:37.010Z og:title: Matthew McConaughey Looks Exactly Like This Great-Great Grandfather og:description: "The likeness is uncanny" og:url: https://time.com/4292662/matthew-mcconaughey-great-great-grandfather-lookalike/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08546a9fe7c854f2/69888f040a4a22fe399c93aa/matthew-mcconaughey.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: CinemaCon 2016 - STX Entertainment "The State Of The Industry: Past, Present And Future og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Matthew McConaughey Looks Exactly Like This Great-Great Grandfather twitter:description: "The likeness is uncanny" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08546a9fe7c854f2/69888f040a4a22fe399c93aa/matthew-mcconaughey.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Matthew McConaughey Looks Exactly Like This Guy's Great-Great-Grandfather > Sponsored content. 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Gabe Ginsberg—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 13, 2016 7:36 PM UTC While [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/4147512/taylor-swift-doppelganger/?iid=sr-link1), [Adele](http://www.people.com/article/adele-lookalike-fan-selfie-concert) and [Kim Kardashian](https://www.instagram.com/p/BDOVlmAgVRu/) have been busy meeting their real-life [doppelgängers](http://time.com/97412/jennifer-lawrence-justin-bieber-and-madonna-lookalikes-form-band-make-awful-music-video/?iid=sr-link5), one Reddit user was digging through old family photos to find the picture that would outshine them all. Redditor [EmberRainbow](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/4edp6g/my%5Fgreat%5Fgreat%5Fgrandfather%5Flooks%5Fjust%5Flike/?limit=500)—whose real name is Sanders Parker— shared a black and white portrait of one of his ancestors on Tuesday that is captioned, “My Great Great Grandfather looks just like [Matthew McConaughey](http://time.com/3881954/matthew-mcconaughey-graduation-speech-university-of-houston/?iid=sr-link1).” Parker [told ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/mans-great-great-grandfather-matthew-mcconaughey/story?id=38364720) that his relative’s name was Dr. Andrew Sanders and that his sister was the first to notice the resemblance. “The likeness is uncanny. It was too good not to share,” he said. **Read More:** [These Celebrities Look Uncannily Alike](http://time.com/3637276/these-celebrities-look-uncannily-alike/?iid=sr-link2) And it’s true—the man is a dead ringer for the _True Detective_ star. In fact, the picture looks like it could be a prop for a new period movie starring a mustachioed ​McConaughey. 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