FaceTime calling the right name - but the wrong person

I've seen a few threads of folks having their FaceTime dial a random person (mostly on iOS 7), but I had something even more troubling happen to me this past week. I tried to FaceTime with my sister/niece. The call rang on my end, and a few seconds later, a random person picked up on the other end. At first, I just assumed it was a friend of my sister's who was over at their house. But we quickly discovered that the call had connected to a different person who shares my sisters name (first and last). We exchanged awkward pleasantries and hung up. I then tried my sister again, who said the initial FaceTime call from me rang on her end, but then quickly disconnected. Not sure how the call got re-routed to someone else OF THE SAME NAME -- but a weird (and troubling) occurrence.

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