Roe Head's Aleph

Sometimes the world seems so small...

The recent publication of Literatos y Excéntricos-Los ancestros ingleses de J.L. Borges (Erudites and Eccentrics- J.L. Borges's English Ancestors) written by Martín Hadis (Editorial Sudamericana) has unveiled an unexpected and interesting Brontë-Borges connection.

We read at the Jornal da Paraba the details:

Jorge Luis Borges' great-great-grandfather was William Haslam (1768-1839), a Bolton (Lancashire) methodist priest with amazing similarities with his future great-great-grandson: he loved dearly his books, he was very well-read and suffered hereditary blindness.
The reverend Haslam had six sons. All of them had peculiar and interesting stories, but will focus on the third one: William C. Haslam that married Mary Eleanora Allbutt, Thomas Allbutt's daughter. Yes, the same Thomas Allbutt whose aunts were the Misses Wooller of Roe Head.

Yes, sometimes the world seems really small.

EDIT:
Mr. Hadis has written to us providing (and correcting) more information. Check it here.

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