HER GRANDFATHER HAD WANTED HIS FAMILY TO TAKE A PATERNITY TEST TO CLAIM THEIR RIGHTS FROM HIS INHERITANCE

A woman had stated that her grandmother had an affair, and when her grandfather learnt that, they divorced. When he passed away, and his will was read, he had stated that if they want to get money, they need to take a paternity test, and prove that they are biologically connected, and if not, they would only get $5,000. She had an argument with a relative, and took the DNA test, against the wishes of the rest of the family. She had shared her story on Reddit.

She had stated that her father and grandfather had connected later in life. “I (21f) had a rich grandfather who died recently and I didn’t know him very well. He divorced my grandmother when my dad was 13 and barely spoke to him or his siblings for a few years after that. My aunts and uncle never why and felt really rejected by my grandfather’s lack of interest in seeing them on a regular basis. When my dad was 18 he reached out to my grandfather and reconnected with him.”

Then they got fixed their relationship. “Eventually, my grandfather was able to somewhat mend his relationship with my dad’s other siblings and he even paid for their college. However, my grandfather and grandmother were still pretty bitter towards each other but never told anyone why or the reason for the divorce.”

And she explained the affair of her grandmother, against her grandfather. “They didn’t really stop being openly hostile to each other until my dad died when I was 4. Now that my grandfather’s dead the secret came out when the will was read. Apparently my grandma had an affair and when she was pregnant with aunt she didn’t know who the father was but choose my grandfather because he was the most financially stable.”

Then she had stated the efforts of his grandfather to prevent her grandmother to take any money or assets from him with the divorce. “My grandfather didn’t know for the longest time until he caught my grandmother in another affair and found an old letter her first lover sent that she kept. He was furious and filed for divorce and used every legal although not very ethical trick in the book to hoard as much of he assets and resources as he could.”

As her grandfather’s will was read to them, they had learnt in his will that he doesn’t want to give anything to a non biological family member. “The will stated that before each child could claim their share of the inheritance they would have to take a DNA test to prove that they were his biological child. To any child that refused the test or they were proven not to be biologically related to my grandfather, then they would just be given $5,000 while the rest would be allocated to the children who were proven to be his biological child.”

The OP was agains in the search of the loophole, and got harrased for it. “We were all shocked and grandma was livid. There were a lot of fights but in the end everyone wanted to present a “united front” and just try and find some kind of loophole, claim the money and then take a DNA test. I never agreed to that and resented being told what to do as a legal adult. I tried to talk to them about it but they shut me down twice.”

Then her uncle’s wife had accused her being not a member of the family, which she took a DNA test, and proved that she is the biggest inheritance owner currently, which created a fight in the family.

“My uncle’s wife even accused me of not really being my dad’s kid so I shouldn’t get any money anyway. That pissed me off so I just took the DNA test outta spite and I am my grandfather’s biological grandchild so as of right now I’m getting most of the money.”

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