Holding an inheritance over a relative’s head made for compelling characters in Dickens’ novels, but there is absolutely nothing to be gained — for anyone — in behaving this way.

In Mendelian inheritance patterns, you receive one version of a gene, called an allele, from each parent. These alleles can be dominant or recessive. Non-Mendelian genetics don’t completely ...

When leaving a substantial inheritance to a married adult child, how do you tell them not to commingle those funds with their spouse without it causing problems in their marriage? So far, my ...

Disputed Inheritance Gregory Radick (University of Chicago Press) IN 1865, an Austrian monk called Gregor Mendel, working to understand hybridisation, uncovered exquisitely simple and reliable ...

Dear Amy: My mother-in-law recently died. She left her farm property to my wife and her siblings. I’m wondering if I have a say in how my wife handles her portion of the estate? – Concerned ...

Dear Amy: My dear brother died four years ago, leaving his daughter "Patsy" as his sole heir. My brother was long-divorced, and lived a couple of hours away from my sister and me. Though we ...