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These 21 Forced Family Photos Will Make Your Holidays Bright, Because Nothing Says We're Related Like Coordinated Outfits
'Tis the season of quality family time and digging out old photo albums in hopes of embarrassing your little brother in front of his new significant other.
Last week, Bustle and Nine West launched #ForcedFamilyPhoto, a contest to show off the best and worst family photos you've taken over the years. Not surprisingly, you all have blown us away with adorable relics from childhood and in some cases, photographic evidence of those angsty coming-of-age years.
We're going to notify the winners once we've had a chance to thoroughly enjoy everything you've submitted, but for now — take a look at our favorite photo submissions so far.
Written by Dani Fankhauser
Baby, it's Cold Outside
That’s either an oversize mailbox, or a very small dog.
Image: mall0rry/Instagram
We Go Together
Nothing says “we’re related” like coordinated outfits, amirite?
Image: kkattalia/Instagram
Denim + Khaki
My only question is, why did only the two youngest get to bring an (inanimate) plus one?
Image: connerkolter/Instagram
Co-ed Siblings
This pair is as similar as can be without breaking any longstanding feminine/masculine taboos.
Image: Sam Stahl/Instagram
Serious
Remember the face you made for your driver’s license photo? USE THAT ONE.
Image: meggg_corr/Twitter
Impersonating the Family Tree
Why reenact photos of your childhood when you could re-create pictures from Grandma’s childhood?
Image: jaclyndaybasic/Instagram
Classic
This photo is a tribute to brighter days, when there were bonnets, and oh, that stache.
Image: kabbott10/Instagram
Hansel(s) and Gretel
No witch would stand a chance against these four in the woods.
Image: meowllaryjane/Instagram
Black Tie
“#tbt to the day I made @debmonastero promise me I’d never have to wear a dress again.”
Image: tinatimeee/Instagram
