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Two 14 Junes, fifty years apart

1924–1974

Attie's grandmother was born 14 June 1924. Attie was born 14 June, fifty years later. His mother closed the gap almost exactly in the middle.

Attie’s maternal grandmother, Anna Susanna Margrietha Fuller, was born on 14 June 1924 at Jacobsdal in the Free State.

Attie was born on 14 June, fifty years later.

The same date, the same month, half a century between them — and the granddaughter line in between (Attie’s mother, Johanna Jacomina Elizabeth van Zyl, 1949–2019) closing the gap almost exactly in the middle.