Thanks for these replies, they are most helpful, and I would love to hear person family tales if people want to PM them to me. I actually read the Katherine Briggs book about 3 years back, so perhaps that is where the niggling idea came from subconciously.
It would be kind of cool if people would post them in-thread, too. I know I enjoy reading about people's personal experiences, and whatever theories they've come up with to explain them. I'm not saying PMing them to you is wrong, of course, especially since some of the stories might be sensitive or people might feel funny posting them publicly. I'm just saying...
Well, everyone knows I'm nosy, right?
Absent