Wedding Traditions

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The original wedding tradition has the bride's father walking her down the aisle to pass her over to her new husband. As of late, the groom walks down the aisle with both his parents, then the wedding party, and the bride with both her parents. I actually did this 29 years ago when I married my husband. I've seen videos online lately indicating that the groom should be able to have his parents walk him down the aisle, or both parents walking the bride down the aisle. Our neighbour's daughter got married this past fall and she told me that when the kids were growing up she drilled it into them that she wanted to walk them down the aisle. I asked my daughter if I could walk her down the aisle with her father. Her response, simply put, was no (she ranted about a whole lot of other things like how she doesn't even want to walk down the aisle or say vows... why is she having a wedding????) I'd like to hear your opinions. Do you like the "modern" way where both parents walk their marrying offspring down the aisle? Or do you think we should stick to the traditional father/daughter walk? For reference sake, my daughter's fiance has one brother which means their father does not have a daughter to walk down the aisle. So shouldn't he be given the honour of walking his son(s) down the aisle with his wife? This is, of course, considering both sets of parents are still couples (no steps, no divorces, etc.) My sister and her ex-husband divorced when my niece was only 2 years old. Though she saw her father, as she grew older she had some bad feelings towards him and didn't want him to walk her down the aisle. She wanted her mother to. But her brother, being close to their father, raised a stink. So my sister suggested my niece walk down the aisle by herself, which she did. She had a big dress and it was a very narrow aisle so it worked out well. What are your thoughts?