[murray607]

I just wonder if anyone else has had an amazing coincidence like this.

A couple of weeks back, my wife answered the front door bell. A neatly dressed young man with a strong accent greeted my wife, showed his ID and said he was from our Utilities Company, following up to ask us if we would like to harmonize our Electric and Gas on to one bill.

My wife noted a strong brogue in his accent and asked where he was from. "Edinburgh, Scotland" was the response. That's a coincidence says she, "my husband is also from Scotland, originally". He asks where and she says Macduff, near Aberdeen. Says he, "I have a great uncle living there by the name of George S. My wife (a Canadian) thought, hmm that sounds familiar, I will ask my husband if he knows him." So later, she calls me. "Do you know George S.?" "Indeed I do, he is my mothers 1st cousin."

So she says he only left here a few minutes ago, I've got to find him and tell him he is related to you! Alas, she didn't find him.

I told my son about the experience (he lives in the same town as us) and described the relationship and that this young man is a distant cousin.

A week later, the same young man shows up at my son's home. My son says, "I believe we are cousins". Of course, there was the initial look of astonishment, then they got chatting. So, I happened to call my son just as the two were chatting and spoke to our new found cousin. We talked about his grandparents and great grandparents, his great uncles, great aunts etc. all of whom I know well. We are even in regular contact with a great aunt of his, who lives in Ireland.

So, I still haven't met the young man myself, but we have booked a weekend in Calgary, Alberta where he and his sister (yes another cousin) are living and meet them both and perhaps take them out for dinner.

We find it unbelievable that we have a blood relative from 7,000 miles away, just show up on our door step. What are the chances?

Then in my head I was thinking of Bogart saying " Of all the gin joints, in all the towns in the world..........." Only this was a better outcome !

Needless to say, I bought a lottery ticket as I thought I was on a roll...................but no luck lol

Anyone else had a similar experience? Like to tell us about it?