Picture this: your mom passes away when you’re young, and your dad remarries. Your new stepmom wants to adopt you and your sister, but you refuse. Years later, your grandparents leave a $250,000 inheritance to their legal grandchildren, and your sister, who chose to be adopted, gets nothing. Should you share the money with her? That’s the dilemma one man is facing, and the internet is buzzing with opinions.
Losing Mom and Gaining a Stepmom
New Stepmom, New Problems ♂️
Sibling Differences
Adoption Battle Begins ⚔️
Judge to the Rescue ️
The One Ally: Aunt to the Rescue ♀️
Grandparents’ Confession
Inheritance Drama Unfolds
Sister’s Plea for Fairness
Jessica’s Lack of Connection ♀️
Lucy’s Actions
Clarifications and Cousins’ Decision
Jessica’s Challenge and Ultimatum
Inheritance Showdown: Will He Share or Not?
After their grandparents pass away, a man and his sister are left to deal with a $250,000 inheritance. The catch? Only the legal grandchildren are entitled to the money, leaving the sister, who chose to be adopted by her stepmom, with nothing. Now, she’s pleading for fairness and a share of the inheritance, but her brother is standing firm, arguing that she should seek money from her legal grandparents. As the family drama unfolds, the internet is left to debate: is he being too harsh, or is his stance justified? Let’s dive into the top responses and see what people think…
NTA: Family reunites for inheritance, not for love
Grandparents ensured you were covered in their will. NTA.
NTA- Upholding grandmother’s wishes, OP refuses to share inheritance with sister
Sibling inheritance drama: Will sister share her portion with commenter?
Grandparents’ decision, your choice. NTA
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NTA, sister chose not to forge relationship with grandparents. ♂️
NTA: Inheritance drama, sibling wants share, commenter supports your decision
Grandparents knew sister chose adoption, still excluded her from inheritance.
Commenter sympathizes with OP’s situation, questions sister’s motives
NTA: Sister chose adoptive family over maternal grandparents’ inheritance.
Sibling rivalry over inheritance: legal battle looms
Engaging comment and replies: ESH except the sister, let’s heal
NTA, but grandparents were TA. Sister’s rejection caused family rift
NTA, focus on healing and finding love and happiness
NTA for honoring grandparents’ wishes, but AH for resenting sister
Sibling rivalry and family drama: A bitter dispute over inheritance
ESH. Sister raised by Lucy, but grudge against birth mother?
NTA. Embrace your inheritance, but be prepared for family fallout.
NTA: No love lost between siblings over inheritance money
“ESH. Inheritance drama with stubborn siblings and questionable family dynamics.”
Sibling rivalry and inheritance drama: resentment, hurt, and broken relationships
INFO: Was it the Grandmother’s wish that the money be split between you two? Were they close? Or did the Grandmother knowingly cut her out? Because if you are using a legal rationale to keep the money your Grandma had wished for your sister, you are TA all day long. If the Grandma truly didnt think of her as a relative, then NTA
NTA: Money talks, and suddenly Jessica wants a piece?
Sibling inheritance drama: OP blames sister for adoption, but is it fair?
Sister chooses adoption, man refuses to share inheritance. NTA.
NTA: Sister chose adoption, no inheritance for entitled family deserter
Sibling inheritance drama: Abusive dad, unfair distribution, and demanding stepmom
Last Updated on February 2, 2024 by Diply Social Team
