My great uncle died.................

[Darth_Kitten]

one I never met (paternal great uncle) leaving an estate.

I've never met my bio father, my Mom and he broke up a few months after I was born.

A woman, this man's sister, looked up my Mom's maiden name in the phone book and eventually reached my Uncle. Uncle phoned Mom and Mom spoke to this woman.

This woman, not the executor, but another sister was the executor (so at least I know my paternal grandmother who died in the late 80's at least 2 sisters and this brother) was looking for my bio Dad and his sister. (my bio dad is a very troubled man, probably schizophrenic and had a major gambling problem) is in Alberta, and I don't know about this aunt.

Anyhoooo, I'm guessing the estate will go to them if they are found. Or maybe not, who knows? (I don't know how this will end up, but will just wait and see I guess)

Wow, rich(?) great uncles dying and leaving estates is something out of a novel or soap opera. Not that I'm greedy or anything, just very intrigued.
Also, my paternal grandmother was married 3 times, and now I learn I have two half-uncles, Bruce and Warren (don't know their last names) who are probably in their late forties or early fifties and live in Alberta.

Anyways.... ;) Great aunt asked for information, if we could provide phone numbers, or do my sister and I wish to be contacted, something along that line.
My Mom called my sister and that's when the shit hit the fan. My sister has some real anger issues (very long story) and started wailing on my Mom, threatening to call a lawyer to get her share if Mom didn't give her Great-aunt's number etc. (I don't know WHY she would have reacted this way, Mom was being open and honest) My Mom told my sister like she told me if you ever want to know about your bio dad, she would give as much info as she could. My Mom was always open about answering questions, and this is going back to when we were younger.

I don't know how this will all play out, but you have to admit, it sure gets one to thinking about things.

[struggle4progress]

1. Perhaps there is a reason many of us find big gaps in our family histories

I remember, once when I was in elementary school, a kid brought in a big chart he had made, with him at the top, showing his ancestral line back to some time in the mid-1600s. Then there was a big blank space in the middle of the chart. And from the bottom, he had started to fill some children and grandchildren of William the Conquerer. When I asked about the middle, more research was apparently needed

[Truthiness Inspector]

2. It is interesting

Let's face it, if you get some money, you will be happy about it (not necessarily greedy, but happy). Who wouldn't like to get an unanticipated windfall?

Just don't let this development get you thinking about it so much that it disrupts your life in even the smallest ways. It may be something, it may be nothing. You know by now who you care about and trust in your family; don't let money real or imagined fuck that up.

[Darth_Kitten]

3. with my luck, I'm expecting nothing......

but I can dream. ;) It would only be fair if my sister and I benefitted, as we got nothing, and I mean nothing, from my bio dad our entire lives. Anything I would get (if it ever came to that) would be squirrelled away for a rainy day. :)

Sad that my sister is obviously taking this the wrong way, but she needs to strike out at my parents for all the real and perceived issues she has in her life.