- A lady was blown away after encountering a stranger who resembles her mother, who has passed away
- The amazed lady posted pictures she took with the woman and shared old photos of her deceased mother
- Mixed reactions followed the lady’s encounter with the stranger, with many netizens sharing their similar experiences
A lady was astonished after running into a stranger who looks like her late mother.
The lady took pictures with her late mother’s lookalike and posted them on TikTok.

Photo Credit: @kwanelenyawo601gmail.com
Source: TikTok
The awed lady, @kwanelenyawo601gmail.com, marvelled at the striking resemblance between the stranger and her late mother.
She attached pictures of her late mum to support her claim.
“What a resemblance,” she wrote.

Photo Credit: @kwanelenyawo601gmail.com
Source: TikTok
Lady’s encounter with late mum’s lookalike trends
Legit.ng has compiled some reactions to the lady’s encounter below:
Kholiswa said:
“After my dad passed away, I had a serious hard time of letting him go. Finances were a struggle as well. one night I saw him in my room and he smiled and said It is going to be well he then went out of the window. I always tell my siblings it was a dream yet I saw him physical. Me and my brother got employment the following year.”
Mokgadi Andronicca said:
“An intoxicated stranger once cried in front of me are I look like his late wife at first i thought is percentage he had but he started to sound sober. He wished his children were around to see me.”
𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚋𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚓𝚒𝚕𝚊🎀 said:
“I saw my dad walking past home and he started walking the other way hoping i don’t see him, when i started calling him he walked fast & ignoring me and i started recording to show people that i saw him after he wanted to take my phone then i ran with it but it fell in water.😭(that was all in a dream).”
Kimila said:
“This has happened to me, a toddler cried for me esithi ndingu mama wakhe.. the granny who was with the child told me her mom passed away a week ago. Was I not crying emall while the child held onto me.”
Binny Kgakatsi *Nkgono Makgomo said:
“While on lunch at work, someone looking exactly like my late brother came and asked me for taxi money, I went to my bag to get it, came back and he was gone. I was so happy, I knew it was him.”
uNqambata said:
“This happened to me whilst visiting in Capetown. I was following her at the shop when she turned to look at me i was so shocked now where it got really crazy when i told her she looked like my late Mother she said i looked familiar too🥺🥺🥺 and guess what, her name was exactly my mothers english second name.”
Scarlet MaV said:
“I met a guy who looked like my late father in Pretoria he even Smelled like him 😩as i passed him he said (Hello NaNa) 😭😭thats how my dad used to call me ohh Nkosiyami i cried right there and he didn’t even look back as I went back to check he was nowhere to be found.”
In a related story, Legit.ng reported that a Nigerian lady had ‘discovered’ her mum who died in 199 somewhere else.
Lady meets woman who resembles late mother
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a lady had run into a woman who has the same face and name as her late mum, who passed away eight years ago.
While noting that they had entered the same aeroplane by coincidence, the lady said she saw the woman on another flight a second time. She reacted:
“…I swear that was her!!! My aunt was with me the second time I saw her and we were like….. the splitting image of mommy.”
Source: Legit.ng