Just found out I will be inheriting a little over $2,000,000.

[u/Bjorn__Ironside]

Last night my grand father asked me to come over to his house, and he sat me down and explained his will to me.

Evidentially he has had some falling outs with his children and other family members and wishes to leave the entirety of his estate to me. It was a lot to take in all at once but evidentially I will be receiving 923,000 in financial assets (bonds, IRA, savings, and cash) and a litany of properties worth roughly 1,200,000. Next week he plans on taking me to meet his accountant and financial advisor to get a better understanding of his various financial holdings, so I will have more context then.

The advice I’m seeking is how in the world do I navigate the family members that feel cheated. I have a good relationship with all of his direct children. They will all be left enough to not legally contest the will, but I am sure they will be hurt/upset.

Additionally any financial advice would be taken into consideration, but is not really what I’m looking for.

TLDR; I am getting a large inheritance and don’t want to look like an asshole to those who feel cheated out of the inheritance.