Kelly Hildebrandt met his future wife Kelly Hildebrandt on Facebook because they shared the same name. But that quirky bond wasn’t enough to keep them

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What’s in a name? Kelly Hildebrandt met his future wife Kelly Hildebrandt on Facebook because they shared the same name. But that quirky bond wasn’t enough to keep them together.

The couple whose courtship and marriage captured national attention have decided to call it quits.

By Christine Roberts / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Sunday, January 13, 2013, 11:51 AM





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Kelly Carl Hildebrandt via AP

Kelly Katrina Hildebrandt, left, and Kelly Carl Hildebrandt, right, have decided to divorce, more than three years after they met on Facebook because they share the same name.




They share the same name…but even that isn’t enough to keep these two together.
Kelly Hildebrandt and Kelly Hildebrandt have decided to pull the plug on their three-year marriage after learning that identical names do not make for eternal nuptial bliss.
“We gave it our best shot,” the male Hildebrandt, Kelly Carl Hildebrandt, told NBC 6.
The pair, whose improbable Facebook romance captured national attention in 2009, recently filed for divorce citing “irreconcilable differences.”
“She’s a Florida girl, and I’m a Texas guy,” Kelly Carl Hildebrandt of Lubbock, Tex., said. “We really did come from pretty different worlds.”
The couple’s 21st century courtship began one night in 2008, when the bored female Hildebrandt, Kelly Katrina Hildebrandt, typed her name into Facebook to see if anyone shared it.
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Kelly Carl Hildebrandt was the only person that came up, so she decided to send him a message.
"She said, 'Hi. We had the same name. Thought it was cool,’” Kelly Carl Hildebrandt told the Associated Press in 2009. "I thought she was pretty cute."
Over the next several months, the two bonded over e-mails, then daily phone calls, and finally a visit to Kelly Katrina Hildebrandt’s home in Coral Springs, Fla., where Kelly Carl Hildebrandt “fell head over heels.”
In December 2008, Kelly Katrina Hildebrandt found a diamond ring hidden in a treasure box on the beach. The two tied the knot less than a year later during a ceremony at Lighthouse Point Yacht & Racquet Club in South Florida.
"He is just everything that I've ever looked for," Kelly Katrina Hildebrandt said. "There's always been certain qualities that a guy has to have. And he has all the ones I could think of - and more."
But their modern fairytale romance obviously didn’t last. Their divorce hearing is still pending, according to court records obtained by NBC 6.
Kelly Carl Hildebrandt has moved back home to Lubbock, Tex., with the couple’s dog.
"That’s where all my connections are,” he told the local NBC affiliate. “It’s been really great since I got back.”
The male Hildebrandt, who works in financial services, said the experience will make him think twice before marrying someone else with the same name.
“I wouldn’t want my future spouse to have to deal with everything from before,” he said. “That wouldn’t be a fair situation, given the media coverage.”
Kelly Katrina Hildebrandt also seems to have learned from the failed marriage. Her Facebook profile is nowhere to be found.
With News Wire Services
croberts@nydailynews.com



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