When a wedding brings more than vows
On a sunlit summer day on Vancouver Island, a wedding party was supposed to celebrate love. Instead, attendees found themselves confused by a pairing of two petite women with curly brown hair, bangs, and smiling eyes who shared more than a common outfit: Felicia Harding and Brittany Delaney. Guests repeatedly mistook the bride for her friend, a mix-up that became a running joke and a catalyst for a friendship that would redefine both women’s lives.
Two women, one striking resemblance
Delaney, owner of Confections Cake Company in St. Albert, Alberta, and Harding, a Victoria-based musician, discovered a remarkable likeness six years ago after a former art teacher spotted Harding at one of her concerts and circulated a social media post commenting on their similarities. When Delaney saw Harding’s photos, she thought, “What the hell?” and reached out. What began as curiosity blossomed into a genuine bond that shuttled between online chats and in-person meetings across western Canada.
A friendship that travels and grows
For five years, they spoke online, exchanging stories of entrepreneurship, music, and life on the West Coast. The first in-person meeting happened during a trip to Edmonton. Delaney invited Harding to meet at her bakery in St. Albert, where Delaney’s family helped bridge the distance between strangers and friends. The moment mattered: a mother’s observation of a striking resemblance became a shared experience that turned into lifelong companionship.
Shared roots and converging lives
Beyond their mirror-like appearances, Harding and Delaney discovered deeper common ground. Both are entrepreneurs, both are mothers in spirit if not by blood, and both move with a similar cadence and rhythm in their communication. They even discovered that their voices and mannerisms align closely, a detail that has surprised them anew at every reunion.
Their resemblance in the real world
The uncanny likeness isn’t just playful chatter. The two have even unlocked each other’s phones using facial recognition during meetups—an unexpected byproduct of their closeness. Delaney crafted the wedding cake for Harding’s wedding, a personal touch that cemented the practical side of their friendship and their mutual support for each other’s life milestones. The wedding, which brought together relatives and friends from two regions, also became a live showcase of their look-alike status in action.
DNA tests confirm what they suspected
Curiosity about kinship led them to take a DNA test this fall. The results confirmed what many photos already suggested: they are not related. The test, which examines up to four generations, could not reveal a shared paternal line or any family ties under the female lineage. Still, the experiment underscored something more meaningful: a bond forged by shared experiences, similar appearances, and parallel life paths.
What the future holds for two mirror images
Without concrete familial ties, Harding and Delaney are focusing on the friendship that formed through shared moments, including a future that might involve more collaborations, cross-country visits, and continued playful confusion from curious onlookers. The strange, delightful phenomenon of their resemblance remains a daily reminder that sometimes friendship can begin in the most unusual of circumstances—and endure because of the connections people build, not merely the looks they share.
As Harding reflects, the resemblance is “even more trippy today.” For Delaney, the wedding mix-up wasn’t just a funny anecdote; it was the start of a relationship grounded in trust, mutual support, and a shared sense of self—proof that a mirror image can reflect more than appearances: it can illuminate a friendship that stands the test of time.
