Student is stunned to discover that his great aunt is the spitting image of Ed Sheeran 

A student was stunned to discover that his great aunt is the spitting image of Ed Sheeran.

Eduard Hromkovi, 23, was looking at a family tree when he saw the photo had a striking resemblance to the singer-songwriter, 30. 

Mr Hromkovi, from Copenhagen, said: ‘I was instantly like, ‘holy s*** – that is literally Ed Sheeran!’

The 23-year-old is not in contact with his great aunt and does not know her name but believes she is in her 80s and lives near Prague.  

He does not believe there are any family links to the British-born singer-songwriter- apart from his similar first name.    

In the photo, he thinks that his great aunt is between 18 and 20 years old.

Mr Hromkovi said: ‘I have talked to a couple of my family members, asking them to check the picture out – and everyone [has] had a very similar reaction.

‘I instantly shared the picture [with my friends], and it became kind of a legend!

‘I really don’t think she has any idea about Ed being her doppelganger. 

‘But, considering his music plays in our local radios quite a bit, I think she knows who he is.’ 

Mr Hromkovi dug out the photo for a family reunion in Rohožník, Slovakia in 2017 but recently remembered he had a picture of it and posted it on Reddit. 

The photo got more than 50,000 upvotes and commenters pointed out that his great aunt also looks like actor Michael Cera, 33.  

Reddit commenters found the post amusing, with one writing: ‘Shape of Eugenia’, a play on Sheeran’s hit ‘Shape Of You’.

And others wrote ‘Edna Sheeran’ and ‘Ed Sheer-nan’ while one commenter said: ‘This can only mean one thing. You are Ed Sheeran and this is your secret Reddit account.’