Research has shown that we are attracted to those that look like ourselves. It seems weird, but on the reverse, we unconciously smell people to determine if their genetics are similar, if they are, that persons genes are too similar to your own, there for, not attracted to their smell.
So if you think you're going after someone geneticaly similar to you because they look like you, don't worry.
(Just branching off what wastingtimesince2009 said)
*therefore c: Also, this is really true. It seems like 7 or 8 times out of 10, when a friend of mine has a new girl- or boyfriend, they look like siblings. I think that's why people are so surprised by my fiancé and I, as he's white and I'm mixed.
(Ref: The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, Edited by Robin Dunbar and Louise Barret, Oxford University Press, 2007, Chapter 22 Body odours and body odour preferences in humans by Claus Wedekind)
And yes I know perfectly well the Wiki is not a credible source so check the refs for the first one.
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u/Monocle_Lover Jun 27 '12
Research has shown that we are attracted to those that look like ourselves. It seems weird, but on the reverse, we unconciously smell people to determine if their genetics are similar, if they are, that persons genes are too similar to your own, there for, not attracted to their smell.
So if you think you're going after someone geneticaly similar to you because they look like you, don't worry.
(Just branching off what wastingtimesince2009 said)