The Outlander spin-off, Outlander: Blood of My Blood, is getting closer as the new year approaches. While many characters from the prequel are being introduced for the first time, plenty of familiar faces are popping up as younger versions of themselves.

Of the show's four main characters, fans have already met Jamie Fraser's (Sam Heughan) father, Brian (Andrew Whipp), in a flashback, but he'll become a central figure. Jamie Roy is stepping in to play the younger version of Brian in Blood of My Blood, one half of the show's 18th-century romance that will introduce Jamie's mother, Ellen (Harriet Slater).

While Claire's (Caitriona Balfe) parents, Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine) make up the other half of the upcoming show's romances, there are plenty of figures from the past who pop up again in the story, which is set in Scotland. Whether it's Jamie's uncles Dougal (Graham McTavish) or Colum (Gary Lewis), or even his godfather Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix), there are plenty of characters with a backstory that fans are already familiar with.

But how do the new, younger versions of these characters compare to their onscreen counterparts from Starz’s flagship series? Based on the side-by-side images below, the casting is spot-on when it comes to capturing the perfect look. Helpfully, some of the characters are played by real-life family members of the original stars, making the looks even more accurate.