Thank you for that response. I figured out that the initiator got the points, so I ensured that it was always the female. My parent kissed many times before she finally bore and since has mothered 5 children. She is the only one for whom I have checked Breeding. She's getting a bit on in age to continue this, but she's the only one with a chance at being even an adept parent. Anyway, it's just another challenge of the game, especially as I prefer a low population growth. When I look at my other game with 35+ villagers scattered hither and yon doing mostly laundry, I cannot imagine a village with double or worse, triple, that population. Egads, they already look like ants in a colony

<really wants to know of this family tree software...>

I had a trainee parent who was aged 68. She was nursing until a little while before she died. For most of her life she was 'untrained' until I thought I'd give her something to enjoy, and clicked against 'Breeding' in the Detail panel.