Everyone has a partner type, what’s yours?

If you’ve ever thought you were always dating the same type of people — both physically and personality-wise — then according to a new research you might be right.

Led by the United States of America’s University of California, the research brings together the results of three different studies, which together looked at the characteristics of people in more than 1,000 past and present heterosexual relationships.

Data was collected voluntarily from participants through social media sites and live interviews carried out over the last few years. According to primary author Paul Eastwick, the research differs from previously done studies, because this study looked at people’s relationships over time and not just one committed relationship.

The results of one study showed that when it came to looks, people’s past partners do have similar physical qualities, with the results holding true for both shortterm casual and longer-term relationships. The team explained that for observable qualities like attractiveness, exes show similarities because attractive people seduce other attractive people. And other similarities can be influenced by environment.

A second study looked at the ex-partners of several hundred young adults in schools across the US and found a person’s exes to be very similar on variables such as education, religiosity and intelligence.

“Do people have a type? Yes,” concluded Eastwick, “But sometimes it reflects your personal desirability and sometimes it reflects where you live.”

THE RESULTS OF ONE STUDY SHOWED THAT WHEN IT CAME TO LOOKS, PEOPLE’S PAST PARTNERS DO HAVE SIMILAR PHYSICAL QUALITIES