Irregular relationships

[Phoenix]

Most of my families are Janet & John & Spot the dog types. Mother, father, children with no more than the possibility of a pregnant bride to hinder research.

Most of my families are rural, with the vicar making spiteful marginal notes if they transgress.

Best mate's family is urban and very different. With divorce an impossibility, the women drift in and out of relationships.

Have just found one woman living and dying under the name of her common law husband, but her daughter has had to prove the will under her mother's married name (and no mention of an alias)

Do others find that it is not those at the bottom of the heap, but those with possibly higher expectations of life, who cause us so much trouble?