old friend
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The other day I was having a conversation with my brother about a family friend. Not knowing a lot about this person's past (this person is very private) I started looking up this person via Google. I came across someone with the exact same name and looked identical to the person I was looking up. The person I found was well lets just say not someone you would want anyone to know you are associated with. We then called the family friend asking if he had heard of this other person and he said yes along with a few other choice words, he knew that this person looked just like him, same birth date, born in the same country, same age, build everything. Yet was not him. He knew that this person was in prison in a different country and why (probably having been harassed every time he flew out of the country) . Just curious of the odds that this would occur and yet not be related (or known relation)??
Date submitted:Tue, 25 Nov 2014 03:47:17 +0000Coincidence ID:7908
