Furthermore, it's known that Europeans make errors in recognizing Asian faces. From 1987: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3627925 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.g

Furthermore, it's known that Europeans make errors in recognizing Asian faces. From 1987: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3627925 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3627925 Ten European subjects made significantly more errors in recognising Asian faces than European faces http://pss.sagepub.com/content/16/6/440.short http://pss.sagepub.com/content/16/6/440.short Koreans who grew up in Europe recognize Asian faces much worse than Koreans who grew up in Korea, and Koreans who grew up in Korea make mistakes in recognizing European faces. It's called the "Cross-race effect": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-race_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-race_effect OP seems to be American so I'd wager that his/her wife is, too.