‘Strong Genes’: Keyshia Cole Is Deemed Her Infant Son’s Twin After Fans Gasp at Their Resemblance

It’s safe to say Keyshia Cole‘s infant son Tobias Khale is a spitting image of the singer.

One of Cole’s Instagram fan pages created a side-by-side photo array of her and her 5-month-old and pointed to their resemblance. The caption read, “#keyshiacole and her beautiful baby boy @tobiaskhale looking like twins! 😍🤱🏽”

Related: 5 Things to Know About Keyshia Cole’s Boyfriend Niko Hale

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Keyshia Cole and her baby Tobias Khale. @queenkeyshiacole

Some fans remarked on how baby Tobias inherited Cole’s eyes, while others say the baby took her “whole face.”

“Omg he has her whole face! Queen Keyshia got some strong genes 😭❤️ he looks just like his mama”

“He so cute and adorable beautiful baby boy. They are twins! He is such a handsome lil baby looking just like his MOMMY!”

“So cute! He looks like his daddy but has Keyshia’s eyes. Baby Tobias is so happy, very handsome adorable baby.”

“Aww, he’s so handsome! He’s definitely your twin❤️ look at those cute dimples and that smile 😍”

The “I Should’ve Cheated” singer, 38, and her boyfriend Niko Hale, 24, welcomed their baby boy on August 1, which Cole confirmed in an Instagram post almost immediately after the birth.

“Baby boy is here Yall, OMG,” the former “Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood” star posted online.

Hale also celebrated the arrival of their baby boy under a photo of himself, Cole, and Cole’s 10-year-old son Daniel Gibson Jr., whom the singer shares with estranged husband and former Cleveland Cavaliers player Daniel Gibson.

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(From left) Keyshia Cole, baby Tobias Khale, Niko Hale, and Daniel Gibson Jr. (Photo: @nikokhale/Instagram)

“My beautiful family,” Hale wrote. 

On August 28, the singer teased fans with an obscured photo of their newborn at the time and said it was hard refraining from sharing photos of her child.

“It’s becoming so hard to keep from posting pictures of my little guy,” Cole wrote then. “His eyes are everything!! … But I have to wait until the show airs!”

The couple finally revealed their child’s facial identity on their new reality show “My New Life,” which aired last November. The “Heaven Sent” singer boasted about her baby son, writing via Instagram, “@tobiaskhale is the sweetest baby, OMG. He’s such a little blessing, and I’m completely in love with him! The smiles he gives EVERY SINGLE Time you smile at him, Brightens the worst of days.”

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