Live Life Team
When a couple weds, they not only bond with each other, but they also join the family trees of two separate families. At the point where the two trees are joined, a new family tree branches out, ready for new stems of its own to appear with the birth of the new couple’s children. The new tree is an independent entity. Yet, at the same time, it provides a continuity of life that can be traced back for generations.
If there were no marriage, then would there be no family tree, Humans would still be able to procreate and the species would be in no danger of dying out, but, without marriage and the resulting paper trail, we would not have such a profound understanding of where we came from.
If you have ever researched your own family tree and go back far enough, you will discover that bits of information can be found in out of the way village churches, old libraries, and even on headstones in graveyards. Just think about how much of this information would exist if it were not for the tradition of marriage.
Most marriages were recorded in church ledgers or in a registry office even if there was no license issued. Gravestones—particularly older ones—were given to inscribing not only dates of birth and death, but they also contained marriage dates, names of children, and many other bits of family data. Marriage not only gives us continuity and traceability to our own ancestral line, but it also provides insights into the inner workings of the human race itself.
