Famous sayings by the elderly through the ages: “Life was simpler in the past;” “In the good old days …” “If it was good enough for us, it’s good enough for you.”

The rules of inheritance were also simpler in the past. A man and a woman had a child, the child was their heir, and was entitled to inherit from each of them. If a woman became pregnant and the father-to-be died, the fetus, born live, was the father-to-be’s heir, and was entitled to inherit from him.

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