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Serendipity – when two ancestral lines converge
In my in-depth research into my 8th great-grandmother, Sarah Larkin, I came across a relationship that took me completely by surprise. The discovery itself was quite by accident as the surname in question isn't an unusual one in the area I'm researching, so I hadn't even considered a family connection to be a possibility. Serendipity indeed. What was this discovery? Sarah Larkin's older sister, Mary (my 9th great-aunt), married my 8th great-grandfather, Richard Knowler (click image to enlarge):