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Thank you GR2 for those details and Forfarian for your fullsome reply.

I have tried some of the suggestions you've made but am no further forward. I think my ancestor must have fallen through the parish register cracks although there is a chance there could be a gravestone for him in Kelso.
I have always treated unsubstantiated details on Ancestry and the like with extreme caution!
The details I have were gleaned from parish records and actual certificates but thank you for the reminder 

Best wishes, Anna

Just wondering if anyone can help me sort out this anomaly.
For a long time I just accepted the date of a marriage on 21 Nov 1830 as shown on Familysearch but looking at the actual parish register entry on ScotlandsPeople, that date is the record of the 3rd reading of the Banns. On Familysearch Genealogies the marriage date is given as 1st December 1830 but I can't see where they found this. I was hoping to find out something about the couple's parents from the marriage record but I'm getting nowhere.
The groom had another earlier marriage in Kelso, which record shows the same thing ie., the 3rd reading of the Banns is given as the marriage date.
Are these entries likely to have been the dates of the actual marriages? If so, any ideas on why the Genealogies record would show a later date?
And if these are the actual marriage entries, am I wasting my time looking for further clarification if Scottish records don't include details of the couple's parents as English parish records do?
Hoping someone can help!
Many thanks.

Thank you all for your replies.

Yes, I made a mistake with the segments - 24.5 is the largest segment of 4 shared segments giving the 61.4cM match.

Thank you for explaining the half-cousin relationship, Davidft.
Can anyone tell me why the Generational column on Gedmatch is in percentages, please?

Thanks, Pixie

Thanks Martin - I'll do that! :-)

That's very kind of you, Maddy. I've since found out from RCs on another thread that they might have only worked there for less than a year. By the date of the 1939 Register they'd moved to Letchworth.