Ha, yes, that's right, she did. Golfs ran deep, there's always been at least one on the drive since they got married. My dad still drives a GTI (as do I), and he also has a 1985 GTI cabriolet and an R32. My mum's gone to Jaguar though, for shame.
Small world, although perhaps unsurprising given the subject of the forum that someone would know them.