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Fishermen unravel family mystery after month at sea


Uein Buranibwe, 53, and Temaei Tontaake, 26, made headlines late last month when they washed ashore in the Marshall Islands after 33 days lost at sea.

They were more than 600 kilometres from home.

Their global satellite positioning system had run out of batteries after they left their island on what should have been an 80km trip to get gas.

Marshall Islands Journal editor Giff Johnson says the men found much-needed food and water on Namdrik Island.

But he also says that one of the men discovered that his uncle, feared drowned at sea 50 years earlier, had also wound up on the same atoll and married into the community.

The men discovered that they had relatives on the island.

"That was a pretty pleasant surprise to drift at sea for 33 days and wind up on an island where you've got family members," Mr Johnson said.

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