Long lost relatives
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Having made e mail contact and then spoken on the phone with Harry and his wife Linda (a brother of my husbands that up till that time we were not sure even existed) who lived in Aylesbury, Bucks, we were arranging to meet up about November time but then Linda (same name as my terminally ill sister)was diagnosed with leukaemia and so everything was posponed.
In January we went on holiday to Egypt. One night sitting in a small bar I started chatting to a woman and her husband. As we are Notherners I happened to mention that they seemed to have a similiar accent to relatives we had spoken to on the phone but had never met. It turned out they too were from Aylesbury.
As I told them the family story and how it had not been possible to meet up as Linda now had leukaemia the woman-Kath-(same name as me) asked their surname which I told her and she looked gobsmacked!
She then said that she couldnt discuss the case but that she was Lindas leukaemia nurse! but that it seemed she was doing well and would recover.
When nurse Kath got home and told Linda , she rang me and we decided then to make more effort to meet up as someone somewhere definitely wanted us to meet!
We subsequently met later that year and have been in contact ever since
Kath
Date submitted:Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:02:36 +0000Coincidence ID:6094