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Mother unknowingly gave both daughters identical first and middle names decades apart

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published July 3, 2026 · Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · My mom gave two children up for adoption and didn't tell anyone!
Mother unknowingly gave both daughters identical first and middle names decades apart
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
My mom gave two children up for adoption and didn't tell anyone!

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"Both sisters have the same first and middle name. My mom had no idea that the people that adopted the other girl had named her this. So when my mom had my sister 10 years after that, named her this name, same exact first and middle name, same spelling and everything."

In an eerie coincidence, the adoptive parents of the daughter given up in 1966 chose the same first and middle name that Jessica's mother would later give her younger daughter born in 1976. The mother had no knowledge of the adoptive family's naming choice, creating an uncanny connection between the two sisters separated by adoption and a decade.

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My mom gave two children up for adoption and didn't tell anyone!
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July 3, 2026 · 11m · 2 Egleze moments
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