When parents die, sibling tensions can arise over inheritance. In many traditions, the oldest child used to get it all. In a ...

A beneficiary is a person or entity designated to receive property from another individual. This property may be a monetary benefit received as an inheritance.

A grantor retained annuity trust is a financial instrument used in estate planning to minimize taxes on large financial gifts to family members.

Family estrangements occur when at least one family member begins distancing themselves from another because of longstanding negativity in their relationship. While parents say they love their ...

Gregor Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments with pea plants, long before the discovery of ...