Sometimes, in the midst of a farewell, small details can transform the way a family experiences such a delicate moment: a tool that simplifies paperwork, an experience that brings shared memories closer, or a sustainable option that reflects the values of the person being remembered.

What you may not realise is that many of these solutions are already part of funeral innovation, progressing quietly but steadily to better support those who are going through a bereavement.

When a family chooses cremation, it’s natural to wonder how much ash remains afterwards.

It isn’t out of curiosity, but rather a wish to handle everything carefully: to choose the right urn, share the ashes among loved ones, or find a meaningful place to keep them.

Although every case is different, there are general figures and specific factors that help explain how much ash comes from a human body and why the amount isn’t always the same.

After the cremation of a loved one, the need to open the urn may sometimes arise. This can be for different reasons: fulfilling the deceased’s wish to scatter their ashes in a place with symbolic value, transferring them to another more suitable urn, or dividing them among several family members.

Cremation is becoming increasingly common in Spain and in many other countries. Families often choose it as a more intimate, practical, and environmentally respectful way of saying goodbye. It allows relatives to keep the ashes, scatter them in meaningful places, or place them in a memorial.

However, after the process, many people face an understandable concern: how to know if the ashes are from my relative and not from someone else.