PARALLEL LIVES EXAMPLE

I'm not going to use real names but otherwise this is all bona fide. When my son, Freddy Brown began secondary school, our village comprehensive also took in children from the neighbouring village in that year group - including another Freddy Brown. (real name is more unusual) They weren't born on the same day, but they did have the same birth month (April) and year, and they had the same middle initial - R. I also discovered that I shared the same Christian name as the other Freddy Brown's mother, so our married names were the same. This was a nightmare for me and my son because the other Freddy Brown was always getting into trouble and I was forever receiving letters about how my son had been suspended from this class or that for inappropriate behaviour!