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The problem I have with that being that Yang knows what her mother looks like. She has photographic evidence. Why would her subconscious generate an image of herself rather the face she already knows to be her mother's? Typically, dreams in which people encounter themselves (altered or otherwise) are indicative of needing to confront an aspect of their personality they have been hiding or otherwise struggling with.

Also, the way I see it, the crew decided they were going to design Yang's mother to look like Yang. Because it just makes sense for mother and daughter to look similar. But running out of time they decided to reuse their Yang assts because, quite inescapably, it's close enough.