People Share The Inheritance They Got (22 pics)

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"A Family Member Passed Away And I Inherited Their Cat"

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"My Uncle's 56-Year-Old Tortoise, Which He Inherited From My Grandparents"

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"Tool Shrine I Built To Showcase My Father's And Grandfather's Tools I Inherited"

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"My Paternal Great-Grandfather, Harry, Proposed To My Great-Grandmother, Edith, With This Five-Stone Opal Engagement Ring Full Of Fire. I Inherited It After My Grandmother Passed Away In 1990"

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"Not sure of the year they married, but my grandfather was born (in wedlock) in 1908, so the ring and box are 113+ years old! The box is as fascinating as the ring. It is leather, velvet-lined, hinged, and secured with a latch hook. Most importantly to me, inside the ring, alongside the Maker's Marks, is the inscription "With Harry's Love"."

"My Grandma's Prized Calamondin Orange Tree, Which I Inherited. She Passed Away Last Week"

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"This Miniature Leather-Bound Library Of Classics I Inherited From A Friend, All No Bigger Than My Palm"

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"Inherited This From My Grandpa. He Bought It New"

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"I Just Inherited An 1864 Steinway & Sons Style 1 Rococo Grand Piano"

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"My Grandfather's Pencil Sharpener Collection I Inherited"

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"Some backstory behind this: my grandfather died before I was born. My family always told me how genuinely nice and cool he was, even to strangers. Growing up, whenever I visited my grandparents' house, I would see a shelf proudly displaying his collection. My grandmother passed away when I was 18 or 19, and none of my father's six siblings or my father himself were going to claim the collection of sharpeners. I couldn't let it go to waste."

"I Just Inherited This Moon Globe From My Late Grandmother. The Far Side Has A Blank Area As It Was Still Unknown When The Globe Was Made"

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"Went From A 2-Person Backpacking Tent To This 1981 Pop-Up Trailer That I Inherited From My Grandpa. Feels So Elegant"

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"A Massive Wrench I Inherited. Weighs Over 30 Pounds. Novelty Or Functional?"

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"My Grandparents Had This Lamp In Their House Since At Least The Early 70s. Pretty Sure It Was A Ceiling Lamp At One Time, But I Inherited It And Kept It As A Desk Lamp"

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"Made A Bar Of Soap Out Of My Father-In-Law’s Inherited 110-Year-Old Soap Press For His Birthday (Stanley Soap Co. Est. 1865, NYC)"

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"Stanley is indeed their family name. His great-grandfather was John T. Stanley, who emigrated from England to the United States in 1860 at the age of 17. He was skilled in soap and candle making at the time however, his first job was in collecting animal fat from around the city. Now my history of how he parlayed this trade into soap making is a bit hazy at the moment but I’ll be sure to get the full story after we blow out some candles on my father-in-law’s cake."

"Authentic 1910 Singer Sewing Machine Inherited From My Great-Grandmother. Still Works"

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"A Masonic Ball That My Grandma Handed Down To Me After Passing"

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"My Best Friend Passed Away Unexpectedly A Few Months Ago. We Were Both Hardcore Gamers And I Inherited His Tangible Collection And Added It To My Much Smaller One And Made A Tribute To Him"

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"Some of these things he had since he was barely out of diapers. There are so many gems here."

"Great-Great-Grandmother's Necklace"

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"I Inherited This Toaster From The 1920s Around 10 Years Ago And It Has Worked Great Every Single Day"

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"My Grandma Recently Passed. This Is What We Inherited From Her"

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"This 1985 Spirit Of St. Louis Field Radio Was Passed Down To Me From My Grandpa"