| The idea behind samename.com was brought about by my very
own curiosity brought on by bad luck. About two years ago my
wife Elaine entered her name into a national competition to
win £10,000 that day. Well you know how it works you generally
have a little hope and as usual don’t win and feel low
for a while then forget all about it. Well I was just about
to turn the TV off to go out when the draw for the money was
announced and to my amazement my wife’s name appeared
on TV from Scunthorpe” that was it we were off on holiday
the lot. Anyhow I waited for the phone call, and waited and
waited some more but nothing, so I took the decision to call
the TV station and talked to the producer and they said the
prize had already been claimed by someone with the same name
as her in Scunthorpe, they asked for my post code and the worst
was confirmed that the post code was not ours. What are the
chances eh of having two people who’s names are identical
in the same area. That got me thinking of how many other people
may have suffered the same as us. Then I got to thinking of
how many other people there are in the country that may have
had their hopes shattered after hearing the very same name as
there own read out as the winner. That is basically what sparked
the idea of finding out a little bit about how many other people
may share my name and wondering whether they know anyone who
has the same name as them, whereabouts in the world they live,
what they do for a living, what they look like and indeed whether
they may be related.
The majority of people who buy a computer who are connected
to the internet have at some time typed in their own name
and searched on it to see what comes up.
Why not find out a little more about all your name sakes
throughout the world and also get yourself registered to let
others who may be as curious as you who you are and what you
do. At worst you may make a friend at the other side of the
world at best you may find a long lost relative!
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