I'm not sure , can't resolve in my mind if this is a
M2M or something else.  

I have 5 tables, users may enter multiple records in
each table.  The only trick is (for me) is how to tie
a unified record together across all of them.
I'll try to  illustrate, and only use 2 tables to keep
it brief. 
Table1 - Bob has 3 records
1st record - Spoken Language is Spanish
2nd record - Spoken Language is French
3rd record - Spoken Language is English

Table 2 - Bob has 3 records
1st record - I am Spanish
2nd record - I am French
3rd reocrd - I am English

Okay the table strutures:
Table1                    Table2
RecordID (int, autoinc)   RecordID (int, autinc)
MemberID (int)            MemberID (int)
Language (varchar)        Nationality (varchar)

I'm trying to say here is a record , that would form
the result of I am Bob, I speak English, I am English

I know, this probably sounds a bit weird :)
Best way I can come up with right now to illustrate.
If someone was searching through records, they would
say I found someone who is Spanish and yes, they are
Spanish.  Not, I found someone who is Spanish and they
speak Spanish , French and English.  

I considered (as this is part of a web site)
generating an ID and then passing it into each table
entry as the forms (that comprise the process) are
submitted.  Just to clarify, 5 tables - 5 forms , all
part of 1 "web entry".

Stuart

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