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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #36 on: Sunday 10 April 16 00:42 BST (UK) »

That's a great story, and what a coincidence to buy a CD from someone who lived in a house that Your Gt Grandfather lived in  :)

It's a small world isn't it  :)

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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #37 on: Sunday 10 April 16 00:46 BST (UK) »
Certainly is Clare!  Story is a bit similar to Pharma's!

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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #38 on: Sunday 10 April 16 01:37 BST (UK) »
Quote from: C_W on Saturday 09 April 16 23:29 BST (UK)
Is it Coincidence or Destiny? Who knows?

It is anyone's guess, things happen for a reason :)   After starting my FT I was browsing our electoral rolls, as you do, looking for extra family, and found that my paternal grandmother's great nephew had been living five houses away from us where I grew up.

The other is,  I grew up with knowing my courtesy aunts next door neighbour's sons. The mother's maiden name was the same as ours.  Years later one name  from the tree kept jumping out at me, and I was drawn to it like a magnet.  I had to investigate, and it turned out they were my ggrandfather's brother's family.   One of the boys went on to play Rugby for NZ.

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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #39 on: Sunday 10 April 16 13:08 BST (UK) »
I've always been intrigued by the fact that several generations of one line no matter where they moved to their neighbour was named Clark.

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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #40 on: Friday 15 April 16 09:58 BST (UK) »
Knowing much more about my maternal grandmother's family, when I first started researching my family history I began with her side.  After some months I decided it was time to do my grandfather's side and having obtained certificates and checked the census I was really spooked to find that they actually descended from the same family so my 5xmaternal grandfather is also my 6xpaternal grandfather.  Considering my grandparents were born on the opposite sides of the same county and the family originated from a tiny hamlet in the next county was amazing. 

It got even spookier when I checked the parish records and found that the baptisms of my 3xmaternal grandfather and 4xpaternal grandfather were on the same page of the register and the marriages of my 4xmaternal grandparents and 5xpaternal grandparents were next to each other in the register.  That's what I call keeping it in the family!!

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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #41 on: Friday 15 April 16 10:09 BST (UK) »


Wow Snowqueen that's a really spooky one!! ;D
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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #42 on: Friday 15 April 16 10:25 BST (UK) »
That one's really amazing!
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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #43 on: Friday 15 April 16 10:41 BST (UK) »
I agree, really spoooky!  :o :o

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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #44 on: Friday 15 April 16 10:59 BST (UK) »

Crikey, I think that one would get first prize Snowqueen, really spooky indeed.

Claire :)
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