Thanks everyone. I recall now that it was precipitated by an event (cannot recall what that event was) but my villager made the mundane choice.

Terina, no it's not twins, I re-name most of my characters, otherwise they sound like soya based food products.

Liasophia, I don't pause my game unless I am going to be afk for a couple of days. I usually have 3 or 4 tribes going at once, so I stoke up the fires, ensure there are enough villagers gathering food, take the opportunity to do a bit of parenting so I don't have to watch the moms swanning around watching everyone else work for four hours, and off I go.

Does anyone else get frustrated by the way moms extend their maternity leave? The profile is showing '0' mins left and they sometimes hold onto that child for up to 15 mins. Infuriating! Also, have you noticed how much easier it is for males to accumulate master status and become elders? If a female has more than one child, she has to work flat out way into her elder years and then she goes and dies just before she gets her totem!!