I would not put it past my mom and sister to “stage” something like this, but my gut feeling is this was a total coincedence.  Top image we see my niece with her brother, her cousin, and her cake for her 2nd birthday party.  The cousin is her/our cousin Carly.  March 2008. 

 The picture below is my sister, my neice’s mom.  It’s her 2nd birthday in 1974.  She is seated next to her brother (me), and her cousin Michelle…and you guessed it, Michelle is Carly’s mom.  That, mixed with the resemblence, the little bows, similar cake and the same outfits and how similar we are situated and how similar Nick/Me and Carly/Michelle are?  Pretty Spooky!

PS.  another cool thing is the coffee pot.  At high res I think I can blow that up and perhaps see the photographer from 35 years ago!  Unless you remember who you are, you can just tell me and save the trouble….