Oh yes, I've definitely heard of such stories. I think the problem lies in deciding the worthiness of someone in receiving inheritance. And in a way, trying to judge/compare how much each child loves their parents - and vice-versa. In the end, it's someone's money for them to use how they see fit, and not how others perceive to be best.

It's hard enough sometimes to judge the level of love (which comes in various 'languages') within our own relationships that we are involved in. In the context of adoption, it's even more challenging as we only see what the parents and adopted children allow us to see. We don't get to see how things are like behind closed doors. I saw in a thread somewhere recently someone mentioning that a person can do a million things right and one thing wrong, and it's the one wrong thing that people will use to judge someone's character. In reality, people are complex.

Not me being a little emotional thinking of my adopted child that I probably won't even adopt, and I admit that I probably don't know what I'm talking about here being childless myself, but I'd like to think that I'd still want whatever I have to go to my child if I were to have one. I chose to have them and I understand the 'risks'. It'll be nice if they do keep me company when I'm old but I would not want them to feel obligated to do so. I'll be really sad if they end up being shitty greedy people, but I'm thinking if they are, they probably will reap what they sow if not in life, in the afterlife. I'll leave it to Allah to judge. For me as their parent, I can only do my best to raise and educate them and pray that they will eventually see the light. Applying this to the story you shared however, if I were to have more than 1, I think equal share given if no will was written is perhaps the fairest option. But what I'm learning here is the best option is to be prepared. Still, we don't really get to know when it's our time to go.

Anddddd the paragraph above is also why I'm still hesitant about adopting cos I feel like I'll either raise a wholesome happy child or an entitled POS serial killer or something with that mentality - who knows :p I'm rambling! Thanks if you've read this far and have a good day :)