Is it possible that some galaxies we observe are reflections of our own?

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The idea is pretty far fetched, but would it be theoretically possible for an image of our galaxy millions or billions of years ago to be reflected or refracted via gravitational lensing back to our current position in space-time?
 
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I can't think of a reason it would be impossible.
 
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