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Who do you take after? When I was a little girl, my siblings and I spent a lot of time with my grandparents, my father's parents. And my grandfather often told me that I looked like one of his sisters. Frankly speaking, unfortunately, I have never seen her. She with her family lived far away from us: first it was Zaporizhia or Zaporizhia region, and then they moved to Russia. After my grandparents' marriage, they often came to visit each other. It had been lasting until about 1991. Then my grandparents lose touch with them. As I child I saw some photos and heard lots of stories about my grandfather's relatives shared by my grandparents and parents. Honestly, I wish I met them. But, in my opinion, I look like my mother. We have similar appearances: the skin colour, the same colour of hair and eyes, the face shapes, heights and so on. At the same time, I like reading and learning something new as my dad liked it. But, unfortunately, I can't afford to be as flexible and independent as he was. I am also as hardworking and purposeful as my grandfather was. And I'm as worried about everything in the world as my grandmother. So, to sum what has been said, I suppose, I took after all my relatives a little bit ... What about you? Who do you take after? Please, share your thoughts. And correct my mistakes, as well. Thanks in advance.

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(Just suggestions. I didn't want to change your meaning) When I was a little girl, my siblings and I spent a lot of time with my paternal grandparents. My grandfather often told me that I looked like one of his sisters. Unfortunately, I never saw her. She lived far away from us with her family in the Zaporizhia or Zaporizhia region, then they moved to Russia. After my grandparents' got married, they often came to visit each other, but visits ended about 1991. My grandparents lost touch with them. My grandparents shared photos and stories of their relatives with us when we were children, and honestly, I wish I had met [my other relatives]. In my opinion, I look like my mother. We have similar appearances: the skin colour, the same colour of hair and eyes, face shape, height and so on. At the same time,* I like reading and learning something new like my father. I can't afford to be as flexible and independent as he was, however. I am as hardworking and purposeful as my grandfather was, and I'm as worried about everything in the world as my grandmother. So, in the end, I suppose, [Choose from:} I am a little bit like all of my relatives. I have characteristics from each of my relatives. I have distinct traits from all of my family members. I take after many of my family members. *"At the same time" is not contradictory information, it is used for similar comparisons. Now that you are referencing similarities between you and your father, I would use "On the other hand", because now you are referencing your father, not mother. I broke up your transitions at the beginning of the sentence about what you are not, also contradictory information about what your father IS, that you are NOT. you can put however at the end of a sentence as well. Hope this helps.

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