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MyHeritage has just launched their new photo feature using artificial intelligence to recreate images of you in different time periods and fashions. It's fun to imagine yourself as a pioneering woman or an Egyptian queen or a British subject in the 1930s or even a punk rocker. There's endless options! 


PIONEERING WOMAN



EGYPTIAN QUEEN



1930S BRITISH SUBJECT



PUNK ROCKER


Try it out for yourself at https://www.myheritage.com/ 


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