Re: First report on Conm

From: "Rachel Klippenstein" <estel_telcontar@...>
Subject: Re: First report on Conm


> My first name's not terribly common or terribly
> uncommon, but last year at my residence I was involved
> in quite a striking name coincidence: Not only was
> there another Rachel, but she also had the same last
> initial as me, AND the same middle initial,  so there
> were two "Rachel J. K."'s there.  In addition, there
> were a brother and sister I had never met who shared
> my last name of Klippenstein, so my last name was not
> unique either. (It turned out that they were my 4th
> cousins.  Klippenstein is an uncommon enough name that
> anyone who has it is probably related to me.)
>
> Rachel J. Klippenstein
So far, I've never met or even heard of a Fatula in the US who wasn't
related to me.  Apparently it's a very rare name even in the same province
of the country my ancestors came from.  Though given its form, generally no
one guesses where it's from.