Marriage of coincidences

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My ex-husband and myself had birthdays two days apart ie 8th and 10th Feburary, our daughter and her husband have birthdays two days apart, 7th and 9th July. We also both had younger brothers called Lindon who were left handed and remained single until their early 40s, both have only recently entered into long term relationships, and we both had paternal grandmothers called Sarah Ellen. We had two daughters together, I randomly put our names into google and in America there was a couple with the same Christian and surnames as us who also had two daughters but alas their names were different.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:43:00 +0000Coincidence ID:4948