A mother, desperate for biological grandchildren, threatened to disinherit her daughter after learning she was infertile. “You won’t get my inheritance,” she warned. Her daughter and son-in-law recently adopted a girl, but the mother dismissed her, saying, “She’s not biologically yours.” A week later, they arrived with adoption papers and a lawyer, presenting a petition to terminate the mother’s rights as a grandmother. “If she isn’t

your family, neither are we,” her daughter declared, slamming the door. Devastated, the mother reflects, “I lost my daughter. I’m not sure what to do.”