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Jean Durant | Report | 11 May 2006 16:44 |
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Oh.. I've gone all dizzy with all these spooky relationships. Sure I'll come across one or two somewhere as my mother and fathers families only lived streets apart for over 50 years before they met. I only hope I don't find any too closely related. lol Paul... that is really spooky. Jean x. |
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Mandy in Wiltshire | Report | 11 May 2006 16:30 |
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Hi Gwynne I love stories like this too, how amazing! Paul That's quite spooky! Mandy :) xx |
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Deanna | Report | 11 May 2006 15:54 |
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That is great. Every now and again... I remember why I joined this site! LOL Deanna X |
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Guinevere | Report | 11 May 2006 15:51 |
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Hi Chris, My Dad is related to himself twice. Two of his 5xgt grandfathers were brothers and he is also descended from two children of one of his 7x gt grandfathers Gwynne |
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Karen in the desert | Report | 11 May 2006 15:35 |
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Oh I do love these stories, spookier than a spooky thing! I haven't got any to share with you, by the way! |
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Guinevere | Report | 11 May 2006 15:31 |
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The freakiest time ever happened not long after I started researching. I was at the LDS in Coventry looking through a film of the parish records of Lowestoft (Dad's home town). The regular LDS volunteers were on holiday and a nice man called John was there instead. He looked over my shoulder and asked which records I was looking through. When I told him he 'stepped back in amazement' because he was born in Lowestoft as well. He asked if I had any Clarks on my tree. I replied that Dad's sister married Wally Clarke. Wally was John's Dad's brother! So that made him first cousin to my first cousin, Wally's daughter. We exchanged some more information the following week and I discovered that he and I were also 4th cousins via another line. Gwynne |
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Unknown | Report | 11 May 2006 15:24 |
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ohhhh i love hearing that, i get all shivers. Fantastic for you. I've been really lucky and met 2 of my dads cousins through this site. I've still yet to meet them in person, but i have spoken to them both via email. xx |
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Paul | Report | 11 May 2006 15:22 |
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spoooooky I've got a good one too lol. Was researching Sharons tree a while back, and was looking up a marriage for her gt grandparents. Found the reference on freeBMD, looked at the page and... the only other couple listed were MY great grandparents... |
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Guinevere | Report | 11 May 2006 15:19 |
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*lol at Annie* |
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Guinevere | Report | 11 May 2006 15:18 |
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Among my hot matches this morning was one good match, so I emailed the person and we have exchanged information. As I was working my way down her tree from the ancestor she has in common with OH I saw a name I thought I recognised. She and her family used to live around the corner from us and her Mum and I used to walk up and down to the school together. She and my OH are 4th cousins. Freaky, eh? Gwynne |
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Unknown | Report | 11 May 2006 15:17 |
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ok - tum te ta te tum *tapping bitten finger nails on desk* |
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Guinevere | Report | 11 May 2006 15:15 |
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see below in a while and remember I can't type very fast with these nails. |
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