Birth Date Coincidence

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Carolyn There is a strange connection with the number 23 in our family Both my mother and mother-in-law were born on the 23rd of the month My eldest daughter was born on the 3rd and my middle daughter on the 20th - added together = 23 My youngest was born on the 23rd My birthday is the 7th and my husband the 30th - 30-7 = 23!!
Total votes: 305
Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:18:29 +0000Coincidence ID:4452

Comments

Anonymous (not verified)

Sun, 15/01/2012 - 10:21am

My husband is originally from Aberfan
The pit slipped on 21st October 1966
If you add 21; 10; 19; 66 together you get 116
116 children were killed that day

Anonymous (not verified)

Sun, 15/01/2012 - 10:24am

When my daughter was at University in Oxford I was waiting at the counter in the post office to send her a parcel.
In front of me was a woman I knew from the village with another parcel. I glanced down to the address and was amazed to see the postcode she was sending it to was exactly the same as my daughter's rented house in the city. Her daughter lived just down the same street.