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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I get the holidays have always included your cousins and the extended family.  If there's a family rift then you will have lonely holidays from here on.  Is this what's at the bottom of your reluctance to back your dad?   It sucks.  You didn't ask for this but your world is being rocked anyway.

Nobody is perfect and your dad is groping around trying to find the words that fit his brother's behavior and how he feels about it.  He didn't come up with the perfect reasoning, but give him a break already.  His brother is a cheat and a scoundrel.  What kind of son takes advantage of his elderly mother who isn't thinking clearly, and then tries to hoodwink his brother about the investment?  If your uncle had been smart (or clairvoyant), he would have allowed half the $amount to be deducted from his share of the inheritance when the investment was on the down, and then he could have pocketed the profits later.  But he didn't allow the amount to be deducted, so now he needs to suck it up and hand over half of the original investment amount, and half of the profits.

You need to man up and see the situation for what it is.  DCUM tells it like it is and everyone is telling you in 20 different ways you dad is in the right and your uncle is not. Yeah, it's gonna rock your world in a sad way, but it is what it is, and you will survive.  Your grandma was the glue that kept everyone together.  Now that she's gone, your uncle's behavior has busted the family wide apart.  Not your dad.  Your uncle is gonna have to bend over backwards at this point in the situation in order to bring back the peace.  He is gonna have to grovel, and apologize profusely, and hand over the money.  He is going to have to admit he was wrong, and plainly state he's trying to make amends.  Anything short of that is not going to appease your dad, who at this point is done with his jerk brother.  It's up to your uncle.

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