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NEW YORK, Dec 3, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Two women in New York, both named Eileen McLaughlin, met last week and discovered that their similarities extended far beyond their names.
They learned they were both born in Brooklyn Dec. 6, 1960, and have the same professions, wedding anniversary dates -- and even their fathers' birthdays are strikingly similar, the New York Post reported.
Both women entered the health care field independent of one another. Both married during the month of August a few years apart, and their fathers were both born Nov. 12, although in different years.
"It's mind-boggling that Eileen Mary's life has so closely paralleled mine," said Eileen Teresa McLaughlin. "I called my mother and asked her, 'Are you sure I don't have a twin?'"
While most similarities were positive -- such as both women's first child being born on a Valentine's Day -- the Post said the coincidences also included their husbands' drinking problems and abandonment of the women.
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