Will short hair cats that have been exposed to outdoors shed off the extra...

[Megan]

...long hair coat there body produced? I have a short hair cat, and i lost him about a month and a half ago and just recent a cat that looks exactly like my cat with certain markings the only difference is that he has grown his hair long in some area s of his body and you can still see some of his marking through his long hair but only when he moves certian ways. Because if the answer is yes then i know this is my cat but if it is no then i have made a mistake on thinking this is my cat that has just grown long hair from being exposed to the outdoores for to long