Longtime “Days of Our Lives” viewers have watched John Black and Marlena Evans walk down the aisle multiple times. However, only one of those marriages turned out to be legal, per Soap Hub. The couple’s first union took place in August 1986. They later remarried in July 1999. However, both of those marriages were invalid due to the fact that Marlena was legally still married to her first husband, Dr. Alex North. In January 2009, the couple held another wedding inside a hospital room but was invalid because John was married to Hope at the time. This means that the pair’s most recent wedding in November 2018 is currently the only legal ceremony they’ve had.
Over the years, there have been many hardships for John and Marlena to fight through. However, they’ve always bounced back and continue to love their daughter Belle Black, John’s son Brady Black, and Marlena’s children with Roman, twins Sami and Eric Brady, making them a big, dysfunctional, and blended family. John and Marlena have defied the odds too many times to count, and “DOOL” fans still love watching them triumph through adversity after all these decades.
