Same name same date of birth
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I was travelling on the British Plymouth ferry to Roscoff in Brittany in the summer of 1973 when I heard my name being announced asking me to go to the pursers office where a passport had been handed in. When I got there I found another chap with the same name, Alan John Collins. This was not particularly surprising (I have found out that there are two people in the town where I now live with the same three names as myself), but I was surprised when I saw the same date of birth on his passport: 2nd May 1944. I don't think he was born in the same place, however; or else I would have remembered that, I'm sure!
Date submitted:Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:54:43 +0000Coincidence ID:6874
