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 There are numerous homes that have been passed down generation to generation. Usually from grandfather to father to son and so on. Sometimes it’s added to or remodeled but for the most part they stay the same and only the ppl in them change. Most homes from long ago were very well built and have stood the test of times.
My Grandfather on my Dad’s side has a home like this. I’m not sure how old the house is or how many times it’s been passed down but in my lifetime my Grandparents have lived in it and my Dad lives in it now. My Mom and Dad lived there for a time when they were first married before I was born. I have great memories of the house and would love to have one built like it one day. Recently my Dad started talking about how he’s planning to sell it and move to another town…I was shocked. I just figured it would go to one of my Brothers to be passed down. I wish I had pics of the inside of it but all I have is outside pics of it. I don’t have them on my PC but I did find another pic of an old home on the net to share.
Does your family have an ancestral home? Do you pass things from one generation to another? If you were offered an ancestral home in another state, would you move there or let the house go to another family member? If you built your own home, would you pass it down to your kids or sell it?
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1.  chrislotz (4544) | 5 months ago | 
I know what you man about the older homes being built solid, not like the newer homes they build today. I would definitly love to own an older home and I would like to remodel it to my liking. I think it could be a lot of fun. My family doesn't have any older home that was handed down from generation to generation, but my hubby's old homestead is still in the family. It is over 200 years old and has been remodeled several times. When his dad passed away nobody in the family wanted it except one brother, and you should see this home now. He is in the construction business and he has updated the whole house and you wouldn't believe it to be the same house. It is so nice and modern.
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2.  Mirita (1130) | 5 months ago |  Well, the problem with these houses is that it requires so much money to maintain in good shape,and this is why I can understand your Dad. I have a ancestral home that I wish to leave to my kids,but it all depends on the economy.
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| 3. KarenO52 (2356) | 5 months ago |  There are no ancestral homes in my family, except maybe for a castle in Ireland that my ancestors once owned. My cousins went there to visit, and it is in ruins, and a tourist attraction. I would have loved to see it when it was built in the 1400's.
My husband and I built the house we live in, along with the help of a lot of family and friends. I would love to leave it to one of the kids, but I think they'll probably sell it. I don't like to think about the idea of someone non-family someday living in my house. Maybe I'll be a ghost and scare them away. That would be fun.
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| 4. moondancer (1002) | 5 months ago |  It's funny that you bring this up. I do everything so it willbenefit my children one day. Or just about everything. Yes, my home will go to my children. I have left instructions that it is not to be sold. That it always be here for if someone in the family wants or needs it.
My mother sold her home. I loved it very much. I would have loved having it on my property, it is in Mississippi. The next best thing would be have someone stay there, one of my children so when I go to town I can still stay there.
I don't want to move back there with the hurricanes and tornadoes. I don't want to lose anything else there. My mom moved to upper Alabama closer to other family, which also brings her closer to me.
I have my 2 sons in Ms. So probably my youngest would have to stay there. I'm sure he would not mind. He loves that house too.
If I had the money when mom sold it I would have bought it. I don't plan to leave Tennessee. Being here is the longest I have set roots in one place.
I would want the house if I liked it or had fond memories of being there.
The same with my dads home, his wife sold it right after he died. It had not been in the family long though.
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5.  Destiny007 (3418) | 5 months ago |  Not that anything like this is going to happen,but it would be cool to find that there was an ancestral estate in the family and be able to move right in.
Since there is absolutely nothing holding me in my state, I would have no objection to moving to another for something like that, especially if there was an old style pub in the area.
If I built my own home then there is really no one in my family that it would go to besides cavegirl, so I guess a decision would have to be made concerning disposition of it.
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| 6. lordmaxima (9) | 5 months ago |  To be honest,I had an ancestral home in which my family and my uncle's family used to live.It was passed on for generations and generations.But as it is with changing times,there is no more existence of a joint family.Rather new nuclear families have sprung up.So out of little quarrels,our happy and loving joint family was divided into 2 nuclear families who sold the house and equally divided the money out of it.
I was very young when this happened and always blamed the adults for separating me from my cousins with whom i spent so many precious moments.Even today the thought of a joint family haunts me and brings tears to my eyes.
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| 7. littleowl (2353) | 5 months ago |  Hi Twoey-if there was a house that had been handed down from generation to generation there is definitly no way on gods green earth I would sell it-if I had one then I would put it in my will that under no certain circumstances after my deth should the house be sold but passsed down through the family always--unfortunatley that has not been the fortune to have one in our family-but my wedding dress I am passing down to my daughter for if and when she gets married-your friend littleowl
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| 8. scarlet_woman (5137) | 5 months ago |  i'm the 5th generation to live in my house.the building's 148 years old,so i guess you could call it ancestral.me and my brother are due to inheirit it equally,and he still lives here,so no fight involved.
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| 9. ElicBxn (8162) | 5 months ago |  I know a lady living in her grandparent's home. Its small, but her grandfather built it with his own hands.
My aunt lived in her parent's house until she died and then it was sold.
I don't know hardly anyone that lives in the same places.
My mom lived in her last house from 1976 until 1998, I've been in my house since 1984. I have adapted the house to be accessable, so I really expect that baring some unforseen event, I'll be here until I die. I should inherit the house before I die and I expect that I will have to find someone to leave it to that will take care of the cats.
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10.  sxrxnrr45601 (114) | 5 months ago |  My father Now lives in the home that my greatgrandfather bought and I too was shocked when He spoke of sellling the home and moving south although I never spoke to my father of this I know I was the next to get the house but if he sells it then there Is nothing I can do I just want my father Happy and well if that is what makes him happy then that is something I will have to live with
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