My grandfather's family lived in East Grinstead in Sussex for centuries; his branch of the family moved to London in about 1850. He met and married my grandmother in London in the 1920s.
One of my grandmother's forebears went to live in East Grinstead for a few years, where he got married in 1772. On his wedding registry entry one of the witnesses is an ancestor of my grandfather.
So one of my grandfather's ancestors was good friends with one of my grandmother's ancestors over 150 years before grandfather and grandmother met.
Does anyone else find unexpected links across the family tree?
One of my grandmother's forebears went to live in East Grinstead for a few years, where he got married in 1772. On his wedding registry entry one of the witnesses is an ancestor of my grandfather.
So one of my grandfather's ancestors was good friends with one of my grandmother's ancestors over 150 years before grandfather and grandmother met.
Does anyone else find unexpected links across the family tree?
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