Family Connection

I moved from Kansas City to Evanston, Illinois in my late twenties (25 years ago) with my husband, toddler and baby. I hired a young woman from Northwestern to help me as a babysitter and mother's helper a few afternoons a week. She didn't work out but introduced me to her friend who was from St. Joseph, MO - a smaller town about an hour north of Kansas City. I got to know her friend very well as we regularly took walks with the kids and dog. She spoke regularly of her aunt and one day I asked, "Was your aunt married to a man named John?" She said, "Yes - Uncle Johnnie!" Her aunt had been married to my uncle but divorced when I was young so I had no awareness of her niece. She had never shared a last name so it was little clues about what her aunt was up to that led me to the realization - six months after we first started talking! I've experienced so many coincidences in my life, many of which are "matched" below, but this one was the most extraordinary.