Alright, so we know that Families will have a special bound that allows them to share a private chat channel that others can't hear or intercept, and is spans an entire continent, as opposed to just whats in the near vicinity.
"Unlike Earthlings, Elyrians share a special bond with their families that allows them to communicate beyond physical limitation. Essentially, close family automatically shows up by their Character Name on your Friend's List, which allows you to coordinate from any location on Elyria. " _DJ: Communication, Vye.
What defines "Close family" can be open to interpretation and depending on who is included might make my question pointless, and a lot of this depends on how family is defined ( Surname, blood, etc etc) but here it goes.
So, assuming that there will be a mechanic during marriage contracts to take a spouse's name, what would that do to your family chat communication? Would you suddenly have two channels of familial communication, one from your blood family and another from your new spouses surname/inlaws? Or, would you for some reason have to choose only one/ your new family would replace that of your old family, communication wise?
On a similar note, which goes back to what is "close family", would your spouse be able to communicate with your blood family even if they are of a different surname/bloodline because they are in laws?
What do you guys think?
I personally would prefer the term close family to be a little more loose and open and allow for communication between inlaws and for married couples to have access to both family chats, but thats just me.