Finding Distant Relatives Over The Internet

The title should really read: "Distant relatives finding you via the internet" ...Running a web site is an experience that is full of surprises.One pleasant surprise is when someone reads your web site and discovers that they are a relative of you, and gets in touch with you for details.About a year ago, I had someone contact me after reading the paternal side of my ancestry. He is living in the village my father is from. After some emails, we discovered that my paternal grandfather and  his paternal grandfather are brothers. Today, someone else contacted me about the maternal side of  my ancestry. Again after several emails, it turns out that his paternal grandfather, and my maternal grandfather are cousins. He did not know much about our side of the family and I filled him on the details. In return, I did not know much about his side of the tree, and even did not know the names of my grandfather's grandfather, as well as my grandfather's great grandfather One benefit of the internet that was not possible in the past ...