They grew up on the same block. It wasn't until they moved across the country that they connected.

Claire Friel and Christian Hurley grew up across the street from each other on New York's Long Island. Their parents claim they first met as babies — but it took decades and thousands of miles for them to get together.

Friel, now 25, and Hurley, now 26, met via dating app Hinge in L.A. But their childhood was full of near-misses. 

"A bunch of really small, kind of kismet-type scenarios," Friel said. "We were probably constantly passing each other by and just never really noticing."