Family co-incidence
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This actually is more my elder daughter's coincidence. A few years ago she had been touring in Morocco with her current boyfriend. On their way home at holiday's end they crossed into Gibralter and checked into a hotel. The first night in the bar they came upon a group of British seamen. In conversation my daughter remarked that she had a cousin in the navy, and gave his name. "Just wait there" said one of the lads, went upstairs and came back with my nephew, who had been asleep in his room.
He had spent a couple of years on a nuclear submarine, which had just returned from a visit to Australia. Neither he or my daughter had any knowledge of each others' movements.
Date submitted:Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:39:04 +0000Coincidence ID:6993
