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So a little bit of background here.

So I'm 27, and over the last few years have begun to come into an inheritance at the same time that my birth family has resurfaced.

It's become a little bit tricky as a result there just because, you know, I was, I always knew I was dealt an amazing hand, but, you know, kind of seeing, you know, what could have been has been pretty emotionally jarring.

So I'm wondering, you know, number one, you know, what's the response way to handle this?

Because I don't think doing nothing is an option. option, but at the same time, I want to make sure that I kind of do justice to my grandfather

and my parents who have kind of changed my life and my family's life, putting me in this

situation. So tell me a little bit more. When you say your birth family, are you adopted?

Yeah. Okay. And so your adoptive grandfather, he's the one who's leaving you the inheritance?

So I was adopted at birth to a family.

So there I consider, you know, my family because I grew up with them.

So that side of the family is where the inheritance is coming from.

Birth family is, you know, found out I was the oldest of a sister who's 19 and pregnant

and then two other

male siblings and then my birth mom, of course. Gotcha. And how much money are we talking here?

So my grandpa was smart, so I stepped it in around like, you know, metrics, like graduation date and,

you know, age and a couple of things. So it's up to 750,000 now.

It'll likely cross over a million in the next few years.

So it's pretty significant.

Tell me why you feel or where the feelings are coming from that you have some sort of allegiance

or you owe or you need to put

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