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Amazing Coincidences
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Madmeg | Report | 1 Mar 2010 19:41 |
I have several of them. One contact - Hi Sarah, I know you read the posts! - is related to both me and my husband several generations back, even though we weren't born in the same town (or even the same county!). Another I've sort of lost track of, cos he appears to be related to me in about ten different ways (and only lives a few miles from me - I'd never heard of him till recently). |
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Carol 430181 | Report | 28 Feb 2010 20:45 |
Yes discovered that in 1760 my husbands ancestors and mine only lived 3 miles away from one another in Devon. We both were born in London. Often wonder if they knew one another. |
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Jane | Report | 28 Feb 2010 18:52 |
my daughter moved to Sunderland to be with her boyfriend a few miles away from my dad 's home town of Gateshead While I was visiting , his mum showed me photos of hull where her relations married in early 1880 .This was 2 sts away from my birthplace .In 1881 census my gran lived on the same rd as my husband 's family, my daughter 's boyfriend 's relations and inlaw's .This was too much of a coincidence for me and I was hooked, ended up buying laptop ,certificates signing up to genes and spending my days at the history centre . |
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grannyfranny | Report | 28 Feb 2010 13:40 |
The biggest coincidence I have is that my cousin bought the Manor House of a small village, then I discovered a document which showed that the house had been previously owned by one of our ancestors in 1672, he was involved in the Civil war, and the house was damaged by fire. |
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Beverley | Report | 28 Feb 2010 11:29 |
I'm not sure this is the right place to put this but here goes:- |