Path connectedness of union of path connected spaces

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As the title suggests, Let {Aj} be a collection of path connected subspaces of some space X, and let the intersection of these subspaces be nonempty. Is U Aj path connected?

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Again, my answer would be no, in general.

But, since their intersection is nonempty, that means that all these subspaces share at least one element in common. So, if we choose any x from U Aj, and any y from the intersection, we can find a path which connects them, since x is in Aj, for some j, and y is in Aj, too.