why does elana look so much like catherine

i'm guessing isabel was in fact descended from the pearces (katherine's family) so elena is in fact katherine's great-grandniece или something - can't be direct family because "vampires can't procreate" to quote damon. oh and btw is there any chance Ты could try and spell at least one of elEna или Katherine right?

Katherine could have possibly дана birth before she became a vampire

katherine was prignit before beeing a vampire and the look tranferm to elena