Kelly Hildebrandt

(Thanks to OuckFbama for finding this gem)

Miami - Kelly Hildebrandt will marry Kelly Hildebrandt.

This isn't a joke. An engaged Florida couple has the same first and last name.

Here's how it all started: 20-year-old Kelly Hildebrandt decided to search Facebook for other people with her name. Up popped Kelly Hildebrandt of Lubbock, Tex. For the next three months the two exchanged e-mails and then started calling each other.

Then he decided to visit, and the couple soon began dating. Eight months after Kelly Hildebrandt sent her first e-mail, he proposed. The couple plans to marry in October.

I'm surprised a story like this took so long to come out. Think about it. We've had Facebook since 2004. Probably 80% of us have typed our own names into it, seeing how many different Sean Eosefows and Adam Cottrells we can find. I bet about 10% of those have actually messaged someone with their name, saying "duhhh we have the same name." Maybe 50% got a reply, and 10% got a reply AND the all-powerful friend request. Out of that 10%, I bet another 5% kept a conversation going, and half of that 5% became actual friends. 10% of them have begun dating, and 25% of them got married. How many is that?
Here comes the gorilla math:

There's 250,000,000 active users on Facebook.
250,000,000*0.8*0.1*0.5*0.1*0.05*0.5*0.1*0.25 = 625 people.

I guess it's not that surprising after all, that it took this long for it to happen. 625 people out of 6 billion people on Earth is quite the needle in the haystack. Good job by the Miami Herald for dedicating its valuable resources to this story.