Wilton was in such a state he did not recognise his own wife.
In the right light, when she's not standing too far away, I can just about recognise my wife.
Namseonbi was blind, and thus he did not recognize his wife.
But I assure you that you would not recognize your own wife under such circumstances.
"It was just as I recognize a friend in the street or my wife across the breakfast table."
"But I can recognize my wife in a moment."
At first he does not even recognize his own wife in her new form, but she explains what happened to him.
Those things are so out of focus and jerky that you wouldn't recognize your own wife, half the time.
In the third meeting, the woman broke into tears, and the man hugged her, apparently recognizing his wife.
She tells Dan that she recognizes his wife from many years ago.