Hi Navy Vet,
Many folks have asked me the same thing. This is what happened and reasons for the confusion.:)
You are right that Freeper "Seeking The Truth" was an original Freeper who lived in Florida.
When I joined FR he had already moved to CA I think. I signed on as "SeekTheTruth" and my name passed. No alert came up saying name used, etc. I did not even know there had been a "Seeking The Truth" whose name happened to be Gene.
So once some Florida Freepers saw my name and from Florida, they thought Gene had come back to FL. I found out about the "Seeking The Truth" Gene through Florida freepers. To add to the confusion, my name is also Jean! :)
Now you know the rest of the story! :) Gene is "Seeking The Truth" from CA who makes our beautiful FR T-shirts, and I am Jean "SeekTheTruth" from FL who wants EVERYONE to come to our National Freeper Convention in DC so I can meet you!
I am sure Gene will contact you to say Hi. :)