Ever discovered you are related to a friend?

Question

My best friend and I discovered that we are related. Not closely, her great-grandfather was a pioneer, who'se other descendant is my uncle!
Anyone else ever found something like that?

Answer 1

Sure did, my oldestbestest friend who died decades back always insisted we must be related. I had no reason to think so. To me it was more sort of symbolic because of our friendship and I didn't give it futher thought.

After reconstruction of my own direct line of our common family surname I took a look at one by one, my ancestor's siblings. Sure enough one Revolutionary Patriot had moved to her state very early 1800s and his kids and grandkids intermarried with exactly the same families she is/was from. So we are not close cousins but there is every likelihood we are cousins of some sort - and she just KNEW.

Answer 2

Last week, an old man came to my cafe for an interview for the post of a cook. After accepting him , we chatted for quite some time before I discovered that he is my moms half brother. We rarely mix with that side of the family. The conversation led to where he stayed when he was young and he was staying on the top floor of a shop that my grandfather owned so one thing led to another. We were very civil towards each other but the following day, he rang up to refuse the offer. Why???? I told him to drop by for a chat anyway when he is free.

Answer 3

My great-great grandparents on my grandpa's side were the original settlers in the county where I was born. I learned quickly that I was related to everyone in a whole township...literally. They were French-Canadian Catholics whose massive number of kids intermarried with all of the other pioneer families. I was related to literally all but 4 kids in my 5th grade class when we had to do family trees. Gives a whole new light to "be fruitful and multiply".

Answer 4

If you live in any area, and your family has been there quite a while (as well as your friend's family) it is almost to be expected.
My ex's ancestry comes from Texas, (even though he never lived here) and I moved here after we divorced, and have remarried. Started doing my new hubby's family, only to find out that he and my ex are 7th cousins.
And just the other day, find that my daughter and her husband are distantly related, again back to Virginia in the 1700's. Still trying to reassure her tht it's ok.

Answer 5

My friend's boyfriend who I met (I visted them in another city) and found out his great grandfather and my great grandfather were twins who came to New Zealand from Switzerland!! I never knew anything thimg about them until him.
Also 2 cousins of mine (from 2 different lines eg 2 of my aunties gandkids) found out they were related after knowing each other for a while.....small world.

Answer 6

Yeah a couple for me. A few friends ive had since grade school, one was related to me thru my grandmother and her uncle. The other was thru my great aunt and her great uncle, they married. I think in the early days, they couldnt just up and travel to meet people so they picked people they lived close to them. making us related to our friends and neighbors, :)

Answer 7

No. But I went to Home Depot and found out that the salesgirl's grandpa and my grandpa were first cousins.

Answer 8

My first cousin and his wife found out they were distant cousins at their wedding reception. Their fathers started talking and figured it out.

Answer 9

yeah my best friend since I was 11....when I was 15 I found out that we are cousins. what's funny is my lil bro went out with her! I still give him crap about it:)