Birthday coincidence. Name coincidence.

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My son was born on his Granddad's Birthday. I share the same birth date and year with my son's uncle. Several years ago I lived in Dunstable and went to Houghton Regis upper School, I moved to my present area in 1977 years later in 1991 I moved to a new house only to find my next door neighbour not only used to live in Dunstable at the same time as me but also went to the same school as I did at the same time but was in the year above me, we both had son's called Ross and had almost named another son the same but had changed our minds about our original choices at the time.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:50:53 +0000Coincidence ID:4950