[Merry]

I agree that people living in cities seem to go in for more irregular relationships, but I guess that's not really surprising. All the bigamous marriages and people flitting between relationships in mine and OH's tree are either in Bristol or London. They are all 'bottom of the heap' people (not sure I like that turn of phrase!), but I guess it could have been higher expectations of life that brought them into the cities in the first place, just that nothing worked out for them. They are also the people who have taken the logest time to unravel. Like Kite, I don't find myself able to remember my rural ancestors very well because the research is either too easy or completely impossible! My favourites are those who are a big challenge, take ages, but do come out of the woodwork in the end!