[lou_lou]

Life can sometimes produce fascinating, extraordinary coincidences. Here are a few of the most amazing ones:

In 1975, a man riding a moped in Bermuda was accidentally struck and killed by a taxi. One year later, the man’s brother, riding the very same moped, was killed in the very same way by the very same taxi driven by the very same driver -- and carrying the very same passenger.
Twin brothers Jim Lewis and Jim Springer were separated at birth and adopted by different families. Unknown to each other, both were named James, both owned a dog named Toy, both married women named Linda, both had a son they names James Alan, and both eventually divorced and got remarried to a woman named Betty.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and John Adams helped to edit and hone it. The Continental Congress approved the document on July 4, 1776. Both Jefferson and Adams died on July 4, 1826 -- exactly 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
A German mother who photographed her infant son in 1914 left the film to be developed at a store in Strasbourg, but was unable to collect the film picture when World War I broke out. Two years later she bought a film plate in Frankfurt, over 100 miles away, and took a picture of her newborn daughter -- only to find, when developed, the picture of her daughter superimposed on the earlier picture of her son. The original film, never developed, had been mistakenly labeled as unused and resold.
In 1858, Robert Fallon was shot dead by fellow poker players who accused him of cheating to win a $600 pot. None of the other players were willing to take the now unlucky $600, so they found a new player to take Fallon’s place, who turned the $600 into $2,200 in winnings. At that point, the police arrived and demanded that the original $600 be given to Fallon’s next of kin -- only to discover that the new player was Fallon’s son, who had not seen his father in seven years.
In the 19th century, the famous horror writer Egdar Allan Poe wrote a book called ‘The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.’ It was about four survivors of a shipwreck who were in an open boat for many days before they decided to kill and eat the cabin boy whose name was Richard Parker. Some years later, in 1884, the yawl, Mignonette, foundered, with only four survivors, who were in an open boat for many days. Eventually the three senior members of the crew killed and ate the cabin boy. The name of the cabin boy was Richard Parker.
In 1930s Detroit, a man named Joseph Figlock was to become an amazing figure in a young (and, apparently, incredibly careless) mother’s life. As Figlock was walking down the street, the mother’s baby fell from a high window onto Figlock. The baby’s fall was broken and Figlock and the baby were unharmed. A year later, the same baby fell from the same window, again falling onto Mr. Figlock as he was passing beneath. Once again, both of them survived the event.
In 1973, actor Anthony Hopkins agreed to appear in “The Girl From Petrovka”, based on a novel by George Feifer. Unable to find a copy of the book anywhere in London, Hopkins was surprised to discover one lying on a bench in a train station. It turned out to be George Feifer’s own annotated (personal) copy, which Feifer had lent to a friend, and which had been stolen from his friend’s car.
In Monza, Italy, King Umberto I went to a small restaurant for dinner, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, General Emilio Ponzia-Vaglia. When the owner took King Umberto’s order, the King noticed that he and the restaurant owner were virtual doubles, in face and in build. Both men began discussing the striking resemblance between each other and found many more similarities.
1. Both men were born on the same day, of the same year (March 14, 1844).
2. Both men had been born in the same town.
3. Both men married a woman with same name, Margherita.
4. The restaurateur opened his restaurant on the same day that King Umberto was crowned King of Italy.
5. On the 29th July 1900, King Umberto was informed that the restaurateur had died that day in a mysterious shooting accident, and as he expressed his regret, an anarchist in the crowd then assassinated him.

While American novelist Anne Parrish was browsing bookstores in Paris in the 1920s, she came upon a book that was one of her childhood favorites -- Jack Frost and Other Stories. She picked up the old book and showed it to her husband, telling him of the book she fondly remembered as a child. Her husband took the book, opened it, and on the flyleaf found the inscription: “Anne Parrish, 209 N. Weber Street, Colorado Springs.” It was Anne’s very own book.
Are these instances merely coincidence, or are they something more? It all depends on how you look at it.

As the famous words of Albert Einstein sum up quite nicely: “There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

[AfterMyNap]

Wow, that is amazing, Tena. Coincidence? I think not. I don't believe in them. Thanks for the story.

[GladysD]

I believe in miracles and things happening for a reason. Life is a great mystery...unfolded a little at a time....

[lou_lou]

I was born on my uncle's birthday November 26th

my sister was born on my grandpa -our fathers dad's birthday -grandpa was born august 26th 1900...
she/ my sister was the only child of seven that was his coloring blonde -blue eyed and left handed.

our parents were born on the same day in april 14, 1923 -1924 one year apart, the grandson who looked most like my father was born on their same month & day in 1980.

my sister was born on the same day our uncle died. december 15th

my brother had the same birthdate, as my first husband...may 28th

the first woman I ever saw that was in a wheel chair, was my great aunt stella, who was the first Parkinson's Disease person I ever met , and the first disease I was to be taught about - I was in the 1st or 2nd grade,
I am the only one in my entire family with Parkinson's disease, since my great aunt...? this I do not like...

I was married on August 15th, 1982, divorced May of 2001 and the sale of our home after our divorce in 2001 -weirdly was August the 15th, 2001....

my nephew was born on his great grandparents - wedding anniversary
date October 10...

lots of twins were born on both sides of the family.

cancer is the genetic death predisposition on one side...my mothers
my mother and her mother -my grandma both died in feb. of different cancers

and heart attack and/ stroke on my fathers side.
my father died of a stroke as did his father...

we have many birthdays in our family that occur on the 26th day of almost any month, my mother died on the 26th of feb, and my father died on november 26th

at this point my family birth and death cooincidence has gone full circle...
start at the beginning...

I did not plan this it is all true, Ijust sat down and started typing...
I could go one still - but I have seen enough...

perhaps I will go on a bit farther,
my father was named after his grandfather, whom was his fathers Dad... my great grandfather had seven children 5 boys and two girls
and my father had seven children who lived -seven children miscarried, poor mama, we five girls and 2 boys...


my father told us never to be proud or arrogant -not to ever want to show off wealth as his father had bought an airplane ticket to go home to yugoslavia and grandpa had bought a brand new suit and shoes to go home and show them he had become rich in america...
my grandfather died the day before he was to leave on his trip...

my father was very much depressed after the death of my mom, and planned to go to yugoslavia to see where his dad was from and visit the family and the family graveyard in macedonia,
he also bought some clothes because he lost weight after our mom's death -they lost his luggage and he never ever saw the new suit or any of the contents that I had packed for him ever again,
but he/ my fathers name was Gus the oldest child who was named after the Grandfather who's grave he visited when he went to stay with family in Yugoslavia w/ his brother Tom,
oh well -this was not planned but I will finish with this, my father passed away and in 2002 on my unclesTom's birthday in dec, he suffered a major debilitating stroke, and is still alive
but very disabled, he used to brag on how much healthier he was because he had kept his weight and was in better shape then all his brothers...



anyone else?

[lou_lou]

I hiccupped? excuusa moi!

[FinLady]

We have some weird coincidences in my family - some good, some bad

On the maternal side of my family, for the past five generations, every woman in a consecutive line has passed away around Thanksgiving.

My dad had a sudden allergic reaction to penicellin in his 30s while he was in the hospital. He never had one prior to this. None of the "alarms" were going off and he couldn't reach the nurse station button. An unknown person had walked into his room, saw the situation, and got a nurse. To this day, no one knows who this person was.

My hubby was always against having a first floor bedroom in a home. When we purchased our current home, it was his only complaint. Still, it had his favorite overall floorplan. Years later, with my MS being discovered and everything, it has been the best thing about this home for us. Some one was looking out for us.