# So, Apparently My Brother and I are on Trial for MURDER! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2007, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-my-brother-and-i-are-on-trial-for-murder/423284 "2007-10-19T09:34:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-my-brother-and-i-are-on-trial-for-murder/423284/21 "2007-10-20T20:53:42Z")
I’m unique, as far as Google is concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-my-brother-and-i-are-on-trial-for-murder/423284/22 "2007-10-20T21:02:23Z")
There’s another Harriet T. Spry who was voted “Parole Officer of the Year.” I was so proud! ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-my-brother-and-i-are-on-trial-for-murder/423284/23 "2007-10-20T21:24:49Z")
There was a guy executed in Texas once that shared my name, middle initial and all. Also, if you run my name through the Ill. State Police database - just the name, no other identifiers - it appears I have been arrested TWICE for solicitation of prostitution. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-my-brother-and-i-are-on-trial-for-murder/423284/24 "2007-10-20T23:29:20Z")
I’m the only person out there with either Firstname Middlename Surname or Firstname Middleinitial Surname. Most of the Firstname Surnames references on line are to my father or myself, and none of the other Firstname Surnames are particularly interesting. ---
**Author:** ![boxorox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@boxorox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boxorox)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-my-brother-and-i-are-on-trial-for-murder/423284/25 "2007-10-20T23:57:38Z")
I saw an article a few weeks ago where two women with the same age, and name lived only a county apart. They never met, and the families werent related. One died in a car accident, and it was reported to the other girls family members. It wasnt until the mom showed up at the hospital that they knew what happened. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-my-brother-and-i-are-on-trial-for-murder/423284/26 "2007-10-21T08:18:37Z")
Oh, yeah. I did once represent myself in court. I think she was charged with felony forgery of a prescription document. She had a different middle initial, though. It was pretty funny introducing myself to her. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-my-brother-and-i-are-on-trial-for-murder/423284/27 "2007-10-21T11:15:27Z")
My doppleganger is a curling coach from Canada. As far as I know, he hasn’t killed anyone…yet. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-my-brother-and-i-are-on-trial-for-murder/423284/28 "2007-10-21T18:25:48Z")
I have the same name as a local photographer, as well as the same name as one time of the local newspaper editor. When I was younger, people would constantly bring up the photographer, assuming he was my father. Once I got to college, possibly in part due to them thinking what I do (graphic design) is equivalent to photography started complimenting me on my photos in the local newspaper. I have met the fellow several times over the years, and unfortunately for my ego no one has ever mistaken him for me! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-my-brother-and-i-are-on-trial-for-murder/423284/29 "2007-10-21T19:29:31Z")
According to Google, I am a football player, a bodybuilder, and a physics professor. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-my-brother-and-i-are-on-trial-for-murder/423284/30 "2007-10-21T19:40:44Z")
I am also a doctor who specializes in getting rid of man boobs, a livestock appraiser in Pennsylvania, and the former guitarist for a Richmond, Virginia band called the Pink Razors. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-my-brother-and-i-are-on-trial-for-murder/423284/31 "2007-10-21T20:42:22Z")
Huh, not much out there for me. One gal who is a former prostitute was involved in a murder investigation in NY in 1998, but that’s about it. I suppose I should be glad that Googling myself comes up empty! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-my-brother-and-i-are-on-trial-for-murder/423284/32 "2007-10-21T20:45:45Z")
AFAICT, there’s only one of me. I can’t even find myself on a background check, so um, I guess the records really _were_ sealed. Good to know. OTOH, I had this roommate at the University of Arizona…he was from the Navajo reservation in the northern part of the state, and he was a straight-A student. He applied to Harvard and he had the right stuff, but they got his files fixed up with a Firstname I. Lastname–the _exact same one_–from the same reservation who was a real slacker, and he didn’t get in. By the time Harvard fixed the problem, it was too late to admit him. They basically gave him a bunch of money and said “Good luck in Arizona.” > [@KGS](#): > > My doppleganger is a curling coach from Canada. As far as I know, he hasn’t killed anyone…yet. So, have you cashed in any free passes to the Winter Olympics yet? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-my-brother-and-i-are-on-trial-for-murder/423284.md?page=1)