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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 02:04 PM
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Do you think it's possible that someone not only has the same name as you but also same BIRTHDAY?
I'm not asking nor expecting you to share your real name and birthday. But how common is your full name? You think it's possible someone share both a name and birthday as you?



I think it could be slightly possible with me. Both my names are fairly common and I know for certian there are other people with the same first and last name. I guess it's possible one of them could have the same birthday.

:shrug:
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lightningandsnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 02:33 PM
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1. The spelling of my last name is really uncommon...
As in pretty much the only people in North America with the same last name as me are related to me.

And I have a Christmas Eve birthday.

So I guess I'm a special snowflake. :P
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 02:35 PM
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2. Hell yes.
I have someone with my name here at work, where I go to get my car serviced, as well as at my doctor's office at Mayo Clinic, Arizona...:wtf:
I'm not Jane Smith, but I might as well be..:eyes:
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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 02:42 PM
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6. but ya'll don't have the same birthday, do you?
'cause THAT would be weird.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 02:45 PM
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7. I haven't met one yet...but
Considering how many people share my name..Its pretty likely (thank god the one at Mayo is different cause birthday is a big ID'er)
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theNotoriousP.I.G. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 02:35 PM
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3. Google it
It's a real ego killer.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 02:36 PM
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4. In fact, I know it's possible
my twin sister and I share the same birth date, and our first and last names are identical.

The only thing different is our middle name, which Equifax has conveniently decided to ignore.

The good news is that we both have great credit.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 02:41 PM
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5. There are many people with the same first and last
name as me. And I knew a person who had the same first and middle name as me.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 02:53 PM
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8. Nope
I did that "name locator" thingie someone posted here several weeks ago. There is only one gratuitous's true name in all the land. Not too surprising to me, as my last name is pretty unique (and spelled wrong), and my first name doesn't go with it at all.
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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 03:38 PM
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9. In my case it's more than just likely, it's highly probable. So, yeah.
All 3 of my given names are extremely common and so is my birthday.

At least 45 celebs/public figures/artists/politicans share my birthday (Alton Brown born the same day & even the same year).
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 03:39 PM
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10. Not a chance in hell.
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 03:40 PM
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11. I think no one has the same name as me.
My cousin's first and last names are the same as mine, but our middle names are different.
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 03:46 PM
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12. Last time I checked, I was
4th or so in the US for first and last name, with many thousands sharing my name. I have met bank tellers with my exact full name, middle and all. Not looking for them, just going to the bank. That being so, finding someone among all of the "us" with the same birthday seems highly probable. Perhaps slightly lower if you include middle name, but still entirely possible.
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 04:42 PM
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13. i'm sure it's entirely possible
my name (first, middle and last) is extremely common, so i would say odds are that one of those women would share a birthday with me.
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Ohio Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 04:56 PM
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14. I would not be one bit surprised, Sept. 24th seems very popular for a birthday
My last name... while I would not call it common, I do know there are a lot of others that share it. As for my birthday... and Joe... well there is no denying there are many Joe's. I have long suspected I have the most popular birthday there is. I have met sooo many people born on the same day its actually weirds me out a bit. Every school I've gone to, every place I've ever worked as well as other odd places birthdays come up, there always seems to be at least one other person with the same birthday.
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marzipanni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 05:22 PM
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15. Maybe because couples often get all wrapped up in eachother
a week or so before Christmas. '-)
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Ohio Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 05:33 PM
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16. heh, funny how I came to realize that...
Back in the early 90's, I was living in CT and went out on a date with this girl I had met. One of the things I like to do is find out a girls birthday without her really knowing so I can surprise her when it comes. I do this by bringing up how bad license photos are... every one has bad license photos so it is usually easy to show each other, then I can see the birthday :D Well... we get to the showing each other part and I could not help myself and blurted out "damn... we have the same birthday". She says "oh yeah, lots of people have it... you know what nine months before is, don't you?" I had to think about it a sec because I never had before and oop's... Christmas eve... heh, I had just never thought about it.
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