It's funny you should say that - I was surprised to find out just how *few* of my ancestors sowed wild oats (that I could spot, of course). Though there were certainly some surprisingly short first pregnancies (dear Aunt Gladys arrived a fortnight after the wedding, the vicar must have wondered if he was going to have to do a simultaneous baptism) I can think of only one line that ends at G-G-g'father as his parentage is unprovable - though I have a good candidate. I don't know about in Scotland, but in Essex unmarried mothers seem to have been very keen on giving the child names that clearly identified the errant father and, if the Scots did the same, I think I know that GGgf's father but, as I said, unprovable (thought - Kirk Sessions?)...
It's a positive asset in my family research - when there's no sign of a marriage record, there's always a good chance that my ancestors will be found in the Kirk Session records, professing repentance for ante-nuptial fornication, giving a rough indication of when they married. Alternatively, professing repentance for fornication and acts of great uncleanness confirms that they weren't married at that point.
Something to do with those credits I bought and can't use! Might do that one evening on holiday - pity Fife is a bit of a schlepp from the Trossachs. Though I was amused when Mum's coach tour of Scotland overnighted at the Loch Achray Hotel... which is the opposite side of the loch to where we stay when we are up there!
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