My uncle stole 4,000 square meters of inherited land from his siblings

Stories of brothers taking inheritance from their sisters hit too close to home for me as my mother’s situation is the same.

My mother is the youngest among her siblings and was born when they were already quite old. My oldest uncle is nearly 20 years older than my mother, so he married and moved out early. In contrast, my mother did not marry until she was in her thirties.

At the time, my mother was studying to become a teacher, which led to her marrying late. My oldest uncle lived with my grandparents and my mother. Since she was unmarried and still living at home, the uncle and his wife worried about her living there for too long. Hence, they urged my grandparents to find her a matchmaker so she could move out, allowing them to live in and claim sole ownership of the family home.

As a result, my mother entered a loveless marriage, and our family was never truly happy.

After my grandmother passed away, my grandfather, out of love for his youngest daughter, gave her 4,000 square meters of agricultural and residential land. However, when he made this decision, he was old and frail, and only expressed his wishes verbally to my parents, aunts, and uncles. He passed away before he could officially transfer the land.

Later, my oldest uncle somehow managed to register all of that land in his name. My family has been living and farming on my mother’s promised 4,000 square meters of land for decades without owning it.

My sister and I currently live and work in the city while my parents remain in their small house in the countryside, tending to the land. They fear that once they pass away, my sister and I will not be able to contest our uncle for the property.

Since we were young, my uncle and aunt have made it clear that once we marry, we will no longer have any claim to the land.

My sister and I have completed our studies and are building our own careers. We have grown accustomed to our situation and do not care much about the land.

Still, it breaks my heart that my mother has had to endure so much simply because she was born later than her siblings.

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