Life & Style magazine came upon a couple of really cute pics of one of today’s hottest heartthrob stars back when he was but a wee lad. In the May 1 issue of L&S mag (on newsstands now), we learn all about this adorable little boy before he grew up to blossom into the guy that every girl (and some guys) worship and adores:

I shant give any clues because all of them would make the guessing far too easy. But, if you look into this cute little boy’s eyes you might be able to recognize the man he grew up to be. After the jump, find out if you guessed correctly and read deets about this guy’s childhood from his dear aunt Nutley …

Ta Da! It’s Twilight Saga star Robert Pattinson:

Long before Robert Thomas Pattinson began driving women wild as dreamy vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight movie franchise, he was just a shy boy, nicknamed Patty, from London. “Rob’s gobsmacked [British for astounded] by all the attention he’s getting,” an aunt of his, Diana Nutley, says in a revealing interview. “He’s very cool about it all, but he can’t believe it either.” But when he was growing up in a cozy Victorian home in London’s Barnes neighborhood, the only females chasing the future actor were his sisters, Victoria, 28, and Lizzy, 25. “They used to dress me up as a girl and introduce me as Claudia,” recalls Rob, the only son of Richard Pattinson, a vintage-car dealer, and mom Clare, a modeling-agency booker. Although Rob sometimes took cover from his siblings, he was known for hamming it up at family gatherings. “I remember we had a party in the garden one July,” Diana recalls. “We had a wonderful game to see how many dough-nuts we could eat without licking our lips. It’s impossible — Rob was covered in jam.” But Rob had cleaned up his act by the time he transferred from the all-boys Tower House prep school to the coed Harrodian School at age 12. “It was a real turning point for me,” admits the actor, who earned pocket change then by delivering newspapers and walking dogs. “I became cool and discovered hair gel.”

OMG … I love that he used to be called Patty. It sounds like Rob was able to enjoy a very normal childhood and has deffo stayed grounded in the hoopla of all of his new found fame. Honestly, I don’t know that I would’ve been able to guess that it is R. Pattz in his kiddie photos … I think I can only see the resemblance now that I know it’s him. In any event, he was a cutie. Were you right? Did you guess that little Patty was Robert Pattinson?

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