A marriage certificate I recently translated initially seemed lacking in the interesting department. Some Haitian nationals temporarily living in New York City were married and registered that marriage with the Haitian consul there. Then I imagined real people, as opposed to names and dates on a page, and I came up with the following:
-The marriage occurred in 1967 and the families in question were Haitian and probably black.
-The bride was 16 years old. Since she was a minor, her mother had to sign a special consent form.
-The mother was a widow.
-The groom was 29 years old.
-The bride and groom already had the same last name.
What do you think?
-The widow couldn't support her minor daughter and married her off to a cousin?
-The bride and groom were madly in love?
-The bride was a slut, was pregnant, and the groom was paid a large sum of money to marry her?
-Something else?
1 comment:
I think they were brother and sister. Maybe? Why else would they have the same last name? Um, maybe it was just pure coincidence. How common was the last name? Because if it was Toma or something really popular, that would make sense....
:-p
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