Rich Old Widower Leaves $10M Inheritance to Only One Heir – His Son Finds Out He Doesn’t Get a Dime

• A rich widower left his entire inheritance to only one heir.
• The inheritance distribution caused a family rivalry when the inheritor decided not to share with anyone.
• But commenters had strong opinions about the family dilemma.

A Reddit user found himself in a predicament where his parents made a decision out of their good hearts but ended up sacrificing their relationship with him.

He turned to the platform to ask for advice. Despite being hurt by some of his parents’ decisions, he still had a lot of support from his grandparents.

The grandson won big with his grandfather’s inheritance, but it was shocking that he inherited all the fortunes, leaving his son with nothing.

From what the Reddit user shared, his grandfather did not have the best relationship with his father because he decided to adopt two children when he could not afford to take him, his biological child, to college.

The father of three did not listen to anyone’s hesitations and went on with the adoption process. But in the midst of that, his relationship with his father deteriorated.

When the adopted children arrived, his biological son was ten years old and had to give up his room for his two new siblings. He slept on the couch for a year to allow the kids to adjust to the new environment.

The parents overcompensated to make the two children feel welcome, and since they already had a biological son, they were scared he would do something to traumatize the adopted kids.

However, the grandfather did not like that his grandchild was given the couch and made it clear that he did not consider his son’s adopted children his grandchildren.

Therefore, the old man would spend much time with his grandkid, taking him on vacations, fishing, and cycling. The old man was a doting grandfather who ended up paying for his grandson’s college tuition and a downpayment for his first house.

When the man’s wife died, his grandson was his closest relative and stayed with him until his last day. But as they grew their relationship, the biological child’s connection with his parents suffered even more.

Unfortunately, the old man died, and his son, his wife, and two adopted children showed up to the will hearing after not being in contact with their son for a long time. The Reddit user said he was angry at the sight of his parents and siblings. “I was pretty pissed they had the nerve to show up.” they reiterated.

But as it turned out, the old man left his entire inheritance to him. His son felt betrayed, and the adopted children were upset because they hoped the money would help pay off their debts.

As the rivalry among the family unfolded, the Reddit user’s mother tried to get him to share, “My mother took me aside and told me it would be nice if I could split the inheritance three ways since I didn’t need all the money and that my siblings were his grandchildren too,” he wrote.

The siblings, one female, and one male, were 22 and 24 when the Reddit confession was posted. They approached the inheritor, insinuating that they were entitled to the old man’s fortune. But, he had his great-uncle come to his defense.

The great-uncle had no children and said his inheritance would also go to his biological relative. Therefore, between the grandfather and great-uncle, the money coming to him would be close to $10 million.

But more was added to his name, “…My grandma from my mom’s side has put me as the inheritor of their house (another 2 mil) because she believes family is blood and won’t accept my mother’s decision to adopt.” wrote the Reddit user.

This whole issue completely destroyed the relationship between him and his parents. The mother tried to reach out but was threatened with a restraining order.

As for the siblings, he told them, “Maybe if they worked hard enough, they could get this money.” However, the Reddit user confessed to feeling bad about how things ended between him and his parents because the decision to adopt came from a good place.

Still, the goodness in the decision affected their relationship to a point where the biological son said he would not miss his family because of his close connection with his maternal side of the family and the amazing friends in his corner.

Therefore, the Reddit user asked the commenters if he was wrong for not sharing the inheritance with his siblings despite the broken relationship with his parents. Aside from the adoption decision, the inheritor said, “I don’t want to break my grandpa’s will.”

Commenters did not disagree that the grandson was entitled to his inheritance and did not have to share it with anyone but had a problem with the condescending statement of telling the adopted siblings to work for the money.

That particular statement did not sit well with many Reddit commenters, with some calling him a “hypocrite,” “uncompassionate,” and “spoiled” since he also did not work for the money. Another netizen added a lengthy explanation as to why the biological son was not wrong.

Firstly, the commenter pointed out that the grandfather had basically taken full responsibility for his grandchild and felt he played a parental role, meaning he did not feel obligated to share his inheritance with the adopted children.

Additionally, the adopted children were also seen as wrong since they got to experience their parents’ love while the biological child did not. Therefore, the commenter thought they were trying to cheat themselves into getting the money.

The commenter reiterated that the 22 and 24-year-olds were not being punished because nothing was taken away from them. But the parents were at fault because they did not balance their household after expanding their family.

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