Family rings used to be the providence of the rich and titled. Who has not seen the cloak and dagger movie where the gem stone family ring confirms the identity of the long lost son who has come to reclaim his father’s estate? Yet even in recent times, gold family rings have not lost their charm and allure. For those who still have a coat of arms, usually families with strong ties to their old countries of origin, family crest rings have been a pride and joy. The father would pass on the family crest ring either as a legacy after his death or on the 21st birthday of the eldest son.
Mothers and family rings have taken a slightly different turn. Not interested in a family crest or coat of arms, the family ring that many a mother will wear deals with her children’s birthdays. While necklaces that contain the birthstones of the children are quite common, there are also a mother's and family rings that are distinct in that more stones may be added as more members of the next generation are born. In addition to the children, there are also the stackable family rings that permit mom to wear the birthstones of the grandchildren as her own kids are grown and making families of their own.
While these family rings are still quite popular there is a new type of ring gaining in popularity. These family rings have no tangible symbols but instead are part and parcel of the cyber presence of the family – the web family rings! These websites commemorate the various branches of the family tree without the need for a black hills gold family ring or one of the family birthstone rings. All family members who have websites of their own are interlinked and in doing so it is no longer necessary to increase the size of the platinum family ring or add to the Limoges collection family name ring, but instead an increase in band width is all that is needed to add more and more branches and members as the family grows.
Of course, whether you have an online ring or a family crest signet ring you proudly display on your hand, family rings for mothers and men’s family rings, children’s websites dedicated to grandma, and a journal detailing the quest of one family’s search for a long lost branch of the family all prove that blood is thicker than water and when all is said and done, family matters!
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