Ok, this is sooo weird. I work in a real estate office (for the last 3 years). We have representatives that come and go all year long from different title companies. Well, I became friends with Stacy immediately. She was 7 months pregnant with her daughter, Brooke, at the time. Her and I talked and cut up all the time when she was here. She was also very sympathic when my grandmother died, and sent flowers and card to me when it happened. I always thought she was an awesome person and never really questioned the "bond" I guess we shared.
Today, she came by to drop some fliers into boxes for our agents, and I started asking her about her cruise documentation with her last name and middle name in regards if we needed our middle on it. Well, anyway, she started telling me that when she changed her last name from "Knesek" to her new last name....I stopped dead in my tracks! "That's my mother's maiden name!!"
A couple of phone calls later to my grandfather, aunt and my mother. My grandfather thinks that my great, great, great grandfather (Frank) is brothers with her great, great, great grandfather!! We aren't totally sure yet, but we are both now going to pull our papers from generations back to see if we are cousins. She did confirm though that Martin & Teresa Knesek (who came from Czechoslovakia in the 1800's) are very familiar to her!!
This is awesome! Has anyone ever found a cousin just by doing every day things? What a blessing!!
I'll keep you all updated as to if (for certain) if we are indeed related and how!! This is exciting!
Today, she came by to drop some fliers into boxes for our agents, and I started asking her about her cruise documentation with her last name and middle name in regards if we needed our middle on it. Well, anyway, she started telling me that when she changed her last name from "Knesek" to her new last name....I stopped dead in my tracks! "That's my mother's maiden name!!"
A couple of phone calls later to my grandfather, aunt and my mother. My grandfather thinks that my great, great, great grandfather (Frank) is brothers with her great, great, great grandfather!! We aren't totally sure yet, but we are both now going to pull our papers from generations back to see if we are cousins. She did confirm though that Martin & Teresa Knesek (who came from Czechoslovakia in the 1800's) are very familiar to her!!
This is awesome! Has anyone ever found a cousin just by doing every day things? What a blessing!!
I'll keep you all updated as to if (for certain) if we are indeed related and how!! This is exciting!