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There are: 2 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

I learned this summer that there is another woman with my name. This is probably par for the course for most people, but given that there are only 1,800 people in the world with my last name (it's an "americanization") and until recently I was the only Shannon [my surname]. But now there's another, married to some guy named Dan; I've never met either of them for the record.

What is really weird, though, is the fact that they live in the town I grew up in. Well, sort of. I mean, I lived there from the ages of 10-18, anyway. What are the odds?!

I wonder if it's odd for her. People I grew up with still live there, I'm sure, so it's likely that she's met people who knew me. Of all the towns to move to, she and her hubby picked one where the only other person on earth with the same name used to live.

Imagine how often people will be confused when meeting her if I ever publish a book