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we have a question:

Have you ever felt like you miss someone you don’t even know?

and we have an answer, which seems a bit confusing to me

I suppose, that I haven’t felt I miss someone who I don’t know.

or this one would be better and more correct?

I suppose, that I haven’t felt I missED someone who I DIDN'T know

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    So far as I can see, the additional element who I don’t/didn't know is just an irrelevant distraction. I can't see any reason to prefer one over the other with, say, Have you ever felt like you understand / understood calculus?, nor can I see any meaningful difference between the possible replies No I haven't felt that I understand / understood calculus (it's quite natural in such contexts to "backshift" understood to match Past Tense haven't felt, even if the speaker still doesn't understand at time of utterance).
    – FumbleFingers
    Commented Mar 20, 2021 at 15:46

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Have you ever felt like you miss someone you don’t even know?

I replace the relative pronoun 'who' with 'whom', thus

A1

I suppose, that I haven’t felt I miss someone [whom] I don’t know.

A2

I suppose, that I haven’t felt I missED someone [whom] I DIDN'T know[.]

Q is in present tense; A1 is consistent with it and fine. Currently you do not miss anyone you do not know.

A2 means as of now, you have not felt you have in the past missed someone you did not know. Whether you currently miss anyone you do not know is not mentioned.

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