The use of I, me, mine in a context

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To liven up the forum activity:-)
Here's the context:

I am at my mom's, being shown several photos, each one with a baby in it. I'm supposed to be in one of the photos (taken umpteen years ago), but I can't recognize myself in either of the photos

What would be my (most natural sounding) question to mom to find out who of the babies is me/I?
Here're some options:

Which (one) [of the photos] is of me?
Which (one) [of the babies] is me?
Which (one) [photo] is mine?*
Where's me/I?
Where am I?

*I doubt that any ambiguity as to the authorship/ownership of the photo is possible here, me being a baby then and at my mom's now; I'm not dead sure, though)

Are there other ways of asking it?
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Сообщение Chaika »

In order of preference
Which one's me?

These sound a little off:
Which one is of me?
Where is/'s me? -- in a group of kids. Never: where's I; you wouldn't say I is there
Where am/'m I? -- would only work with a large group of kids.

do not use the one with "mine"
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VictorB пишет: 08 окт 2021, 23:59Where am I?
Hmm... Presumably at you mother's? :-)
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VictorB пишет: 08 окт 2021, 23:59To liven up
sounds good.
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Chaika пишет: 09 окт 2021, 03:02 In order of preference
Which one's me?
I take it that I should always opt for objective pronouns in similar contexts, for example, with a rogues' gallery being shown to eyewitnesses to identify the perpetrator. Right?
Which is him/her/?
What about identifying several persons in a group photograph? Would there be "is" too?
Which is us/them/you?
I'm not pulling these questions out of thin air, I swear)
I'm just trying to make the dialogue I have in mind sound natural English in a short piece of writing :)
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>What about identifying several persons in a group photograph? Would there be "is" too?
Which is him? is ok. also Which one is him?

Yes. Which is them? or: Which ones are them?
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