Parents Left One Redditor Millions And Their Disowned Sister Almost Nothing — Should They Share

Fairness inside a family is rarely simple. Love isn’t always distributed evenly, approval isn’t unconditional in every household, and money can expose fractures that have existed for years.

When parents make controversial choices — especially choices rooted in belief or bias — the people left behind are forced to decide whether honoring those wishes means upholding principle or perpetuating harm.

An inheritance, in this case, can feel less like a gift and more like a moral test: Do you respect the final word of the people who raised you, or do you try to correct what you believe was wrong?

OP's older sister was disowned at 17 for being a lesbian. The OP was younger, but even then, she knew it was cruel, and her sister moved on without them.

She built her own life, and now, they're much older. While they both function independently, OP's sister has struggled more financially than she has.

OP's parents died suddenly in a car accident, and her sister didn’t attend the funerals. According to the OP, she doesn’t seem particularly affected, which isn’t shocking given how things ended.

When the will was read, OP learned she had inherited a high seven-figure sum. Her sister received only a small amount — enough that she couldn’t contest it.

Now she and the aunt are pressuring OP to share, arguing it’s unfair. OP doesn't want to override her parents' final decision, but she still wants people's opinions.

Here's the full story in the OP's own words...

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It would be disrespectful to their parents if she were to share it when they didn't want her to

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Let's head into the comments section and find out what other Redditors have to say about the story

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OP can live comfortably on that money and still have some leftover to help

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OP inherited the trait along with the money

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This Redditor thinks OP's sister deserves more money than she's got

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Here's an interesting take from Redditor globs-of-jelly

my mom has essentially disowned my sister for being gay and my dad made my brother and I promise that any money inherited from my mom (assuming he dies before her and she gets the money) will be split fairly with my sister. Thats the decent thing to do. you knew what your parents did was wrong and did nothing to remedy the situation. Why would she go to your parents funeral? they treated her horribly. Do the right thing

The OP can bear to part with some of the money

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The OP is essentially approving her parent's behavior

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The OP just received more money than most people see in a lifetime and she wants to hoard it all

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It's not her fault she was treated differently

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At its core, this isn’t just about money — it’s about loyalty, resentment, and the weight of other people’s choices landing on the OP. The OP didn’t disown her sister, and she didn’t write the will, but she's the one holding the outcome.

If she shares it, she feels like she's rewriting her parents’ final decision. If she doesn’t, she's accused of benefiting from an injustice.

Either way, someone believes she's wrong, and in this case, it's the Redditors, as she was declared the AH.