Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20131108040231/@comment-16502426-20131116030250

XDex wrote:

Also, even aside from eye color her face has a weird resemblance to Blake. Then add in the eye color and the purple eye accents and it gets kind of creepy. Doesn't make any sense outside of that though, so I'm pushing the thought of her being related to Blake out of my mind for the time being. Well it would appear we may have an answer to this. All of the main girls, plus Melanie and Miltia, use the exact same base model. This means that aside from eyes, hair, height, etc. that varies between them, they are the same. So that would include mouth and face shape.

It's entirely possible (likely, even) that Cinder also uses this model. So when you give her the same hair color, eye color, and eye accent, there you have it: resemblance.

Now, whether or not there's a connection remains to be seen. I still lean toward no, but there's always possibilities.