Shared Birthdays
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We are a small family but we have managed to share quite a few birthdays.... My brother and I were born six years apart but both in early August. My birthday is the 10th and his is the 15th. His two daughters were both born in early August and the younger was born on my birthday and he shares his birthday with my first husband. My daughter shares her birthday with her young first cousin once removed and my younger son shares his birthday with another first cousin once removed. The latter cousin emigrated to Canada with his family .Two days after arriving and needing to buy a car he answered a small ad in the local paper. It transpired that the vendor was not only a fellow Welshman but many years previously had once lived in the very same house that my mother currently owned. Another coincidence concerns my now late mother who always wore a wristwatch. When she died peacefully in her sleep one night her watch stopped at 4.50am......and so had the only other clock in the house.......... A very remarkable coincidence ...
Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:49:09 +0000Coincidence ID:4095
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