Thread: No Such Thing as Coincidence

I have been a member here for a little while and if I see someone in the Chat Room I go in and have a chat with members from the other side of the world. Big Don is one of the members that I have met in there and I am usually lucky to strike him in when I login.



This morning we were having a chat and he mentioned that he had just found a relative that had been sent to Australia. I asked him what the name was and he said Thorley. I thought thats funny I'm sure I have Thorley's in my tree also. Had a quick look at my Thorley's and the earliest record I had was Philip Thomas born at Sydney Cove in 1799, no information further back than that.



I have several links to the Thorley family but the main one is through my GG Grandfather's sister who married a Robards. One of their daughters married Philip Thomas' son also called Philip Thomas. Had a quick look in RootsWeb in the Family Trees and found one listing that had Philip Thomas' father's name and lo and behold it was the same one that Big Don was looking for. Turns out Philip's father Samuel is Big Don's 5 x Great Grandfather.



I am now even more convinced that there is no such thing as coincidence. To think that in this vast world you can be chatting to someone on the other side of the world on the internet and unbeknownst to you you are chatting to one of your distant rellies.



Never stop searching as you never know when one of your brickwalls will crumble. You never know if the person you are chatting to may turn out to be a cousin.

Well Kate,



That really is something. I truly am very pleased for you both.



Also proves one other well known saying. "Its a small world !!"



Kindest regards.

Hi Kate



Lol brilliant wasn't it!!! Think Bigdon might still be in shock!



These last few months you've chatted regularly , and a casual remark by Don.....well.....as Jon says..."'Tis a small world"



Loz

Hi Kate & Bigdon ,



What a lovely story and how lucky for both of you that you just happened to meet in the Chat I am sure that it was meant to be.





Mattygirl

Hi Kate,

It was amazing watching it unfold. Chatting for months like that and then bingo. Wonderful. I reckon Bigdon is in Thomas Cook right now getting his tickets.........lol. Don't forget the postcard Don.

Well done both of you

That's a lovely story to hear, It just shows what searches can come from the family tree when searching for ancestors.

Hi Kate & Don,



Thumbs up for you both so pleased ......... I must have missed this last night when in chat, too busy multi tasking .......all I can say is never give up, you never know what is round the corner...



Nanna

Hi Kate and Don,



Well done. I'm working on another one but no plane tickets will be needed. Watch this space