US Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Six Degrees of Separation

If you search long enough or have a conversation long enough with someone you can oftentimes find a connection. I have stumbled across three very interesting incidents: a high school friend and the US Senator who lives on our street; a relative in Iran who is friends with someone who worked at the Library of Congress where I retired from two years ago; and a colleague from China at the Library connected to the Chinese President. I have watched the Olympic Games now and again but never knew anyone who played - until now. A colleague of mine from the Midwest who is on Facebook was promoting his niece. So, I know Ted; Ted has a cousin; Ted’s cousin has a daughter; Dani plays on the Olympic women’s ice hockey team. She scored a goal against Finland and the team won. Now they just beat the Russian athletes. Maybe one of these days I won’t need to take this coincidence outside the family. I have a cousin; she’s got a daughter; she’s winning a lot of medals skiing and going to special schools and training for her event. That would be an even more interesting connection, but not exactly the same as six degrees of separation. But it is more personal!