I slightly disagree with the previous poster. When referring to your "hometown," you should use this phrase. "my hometown, which is incidentally the place where I am from." I know it is a little long, but it should clear up all confusion.

You can say: Being from the same hometown, we became friends very quickly.

I think you should stop using the phrase "hometown". Start using the phrase "where I'm from". She from where I'm from. She comes from where I come from. The two phrases are identical. She's from the same town I'm from. She's from the same village I'm from. She's from the same place I'm from.

Do you mean "Someone said they were from my hometown?" The difference is that "be from" is not correct in a sentence and "come from" is. It depends on the sentence. Examples: I am from America/I come from American/I am American. She is from America/She comes from America/She is American, etc. Hope this helps ^___^

Thank you Yi for your help.