Address Book/iPhone Sync of custom fields

Why doesn't my iPod Touch (which is all set up to sync with my Mobile Me account) sync the custom fields that are set up in my Address Book?
They show up when I log onto Me.com and look in the Address Book from online. So I know that the Mobile Me "cloud" is accepting the custom fields. Why doesn't my iPod Touch sync them? All the other fields sync up just fine.

Closely related question:
The "Related Names" field has always been available in the computer version of Address Book. (Spouse, Child, Assistant, Parent, etc.) This is a VERY useful field, and its absence in the iPhone version of the application is extremely annoying. In fact, it would be even more useful on the phone than on the computer. (e.g., I'm talking to someone and I can't remember his wife's name, so I pull out my iPhone to look this up -- AND IT'S NOT THERE BECAUSE THE FIELD IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE iPHONE!) And as you mentioned, it's one of the fields that DO appear in the online cloud version of MobileMe Contacts.
I cannot imagine any valid reason for this not having been included. There are lots of similar fields that do appear on the iPhone that have multiple choices for the label (phone, email, etc. all provide a drop-down choice as to the label, just like the related names field).
So, Apple People if you are listening: Was this omission simply an unfortunate oversight? Are there any plans to fix this? I keep waiting for such an obvious omission to be fixed with each iPhone software update, but this has not happened.
Thanks for any wisdom on this!
Steve

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