Transnational marriage

Transnational marriage has been attested since ancient times, often in instances where royal families sought to form alliances with one another.

[3] Both inventions were rapidly adopted by surrounding nations through trade and cooperation and have been of fundamental benefit to the progress of civilization.

Surprisingly, international arranged marriages between cousins (and other relatives) occur more often in countries with migration and family reunification policies.

This form of transnational marriage is between nations but within cultures, allowing ethnic communities to remain viable even when far from their homelands.

[citation needed] He found that less than one in ten foreign-born grooms married a bride born in America to American-born parents.

There are higher intermarriage rates for immigrants from more developed nations, suggesting greater capacity for cultural assimilation.

[4] According to the biblical account, Abraham's God instructed the Israelites to avoid marrying individuals from the seven nations inhabiting the land of Canaan.

[13] The Laws of Manu,[14] a religious document for the Indo-Aryan Brahmins invading India, speaks of how to keep oneself clean but also intermarry with the indigenous peoples in order to create a caste system.

Queen Victoria had grandchildren in many European states, connecting royal dynasties, and she was referred to as the "grandmother of Europe.

A fairly common practice among South Asian immigrants to the UK or USA is to have arranged marriages to someone back "home" in order to keep the culture and traditions within their family.

[20] Marrying someone from their home country enables immigrants to preserve their cultural heritage and identity, which some believe is a hindrance to assimilation.

Internet based services, be they marriage agencies or mail-order bride sites specialized in international weddings and marriages can be regrouped in two main categories: a) Country-specific sites and applications, where persons from other countries are looking for partners from a particular country covered by the service.

For instance, there are several sites which allows people to order brides from Eastern Europe (Countries like Ukraine, Moldova), Russia, South East Asia and Latin America.

According to the Ministry justice in 2010 alone, the number of foreign spouses married to Japanese men were 2,096 Russians, 404 Ukrainians, 56 Belarusians, and 22 Uzbeks.