User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 19-03-'14 – Two Assassin's Creeds for 2014?: Unity and Comet/@comment-4374396-20140322180453/@comment-3237030-20140323021253

Connor's name was never really Connor; that was just an alias. He may have taken a new alias, Arnaud/Arno, upon going France. If you look at the Unity Protag's mouth and nose, they closely resemble Connor's, and the skin tone is close as well.