unlikely occurrence

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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.

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My mother was adopted as baby and her family name was changed from Drury to Goacher. In my early forties I toyed with the idea of changing my surname [S*****] to Drury. I didn't discuss the idea with anyone in the family. As a regular user of the town library I decided to go and look for a book. As usual I checked that I had a spare ticket in my wallet. There was one --showing the name Drury. The library staff sorted out the problem, but I'm still struck by the 'coincidence. Donald S*****
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:16:57 +0000Coincidence ID:5229