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[quote=Anonymous]I'm from a fairly dysfunctional family.  My dad's parents both passed over 20 years ago.  Recently, however, I've become curious about whether they had a will.  It isn't as simple as asking my dad.  Half of what he tells me turns out to be false later on, its just a matter of whether he intended to mislead me or was just delusional himself.  I'm not after money, and frankly even if my grandparents left me or my siblings any trinkets I'm sure my dad threw them out or sold them long ago.  I'd just like to know as I do know that at one point my grandmother put slips of paper with the names of her grandchildren on all the heirloom furniture to designate who should get what (not that slips of paper are legally binding, of course, and would have been lost anyway).  There was also family jewelry from my grandmother which was traditional for women in my family to wear.  My mom tells me it wasn't worth much, but it has sentimental value.  When my siblings and I asked my dad about it before we each got married, my dad said it was lost.  Several years after our marriages, some of it has shown up on dad's current wife.  "Look at this lovely necklace from "mom" that your dad gave to me!"  (Yes, dad's current wife refers to my grandmother as "mom" even though current wife was married to her first husband when my grandmother died.)  Again, not after money, but am hopeful that the grandparents intended specific things for me and my siblings. In all honestly, if I discovered a will I would ask my dad about specific items, but without any expectation he would actually produce them, and I'd leave it at that.[/quote]

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