Gwyneth Paltrow and daughter Apple Martin look exactly alike in this rare Instagram photo

October 2, 2019 Off By WhoThatCelebsRS

(CNN)Gwyneth Paltrow‘s daughter made a rare appearance in an Instagram post Friday, and it’s clear the family gene is strong.

View this post on Instagram

Today is the middle one's birthday, but let’s celebrate the entire Danner-Paltrow-Martin bloodline. Here are three kind, talented, sweet, lithe (rhymes with Blythe!), wonderful women. The apple doesn't fall from the tree—and neither does Apple. Wishing you the absolute bestest year ever @gwynethpaltrow! 💘🎂

A post shared by Derek Blasberg (@derekblasberg) on Sep 27, 2019 at 11:17am PDT

“The apple doesn’t fall from the tree — and neither does Apple,” he wrote.

He may be onto something. Apple is one of Paltrow’s two children from her marriage to Coldplay’s Chris Martin. Sure, some might say that the two just look like mother and daughter, nothing special, but there’s no denying the strong similarities.

In other “celebrity mothers who look exactly like their daughters” news, here’s Niecy Nash and daughter Dia.

View this post on Instagram

Purple Reign 👑💜 (she got it from her mama 😉)

A post shared by Niecy Nash (@niecynash1) on Jul 19, 2019 at 6:55pm PDT

They are basically the same person.