two of each of us in the world
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I have two cousins (brothers). I had not been in touch with them for many years as my uncle and aunt had divorced. My uncle remained apart from them too and had no contact with them, of these facts I am absolutely certain. I met my cousins (and their sister) at my Uncle's funeral, my uncle having re-established contact with them one or two years before his death. We discovered that my elder cousin had named his son Bryan (different spelling and it might be argued that he had a distant memory of me), but the younger cousin (born in November 1952, whereas I was born in February 1952) had named his first two sons James and Kristian, whereas my two sons were James and Christien! Taking into account our unusual surname there are (I believe) only two of each of us in the world!!
Date submitted:Sun, 23 Jun 2013 14:48:13 +0000Coincidence ID:7086
