One of the big topics in our family when we get together for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, etc. is the family land. My grandfather and great grandfather bought it together after WWII. The folks who sold it to them told them they wouldn't be able to make the payments, but they did. My mom and her siblings have the mindset that family land isn't sold, and her brother has even bought up my great aunt's portion that has been mostly neglected for years. But I worry because they now have that portion along with the acreage that the old house sat on, and their kids are mostly detached from it all. I have one aunt without kids and she asked me if I would rather have money or the land. Stupid question. Anyhow, I hate to see the land get fragmented further and further with each generation. The plan right now is to find some way to set up some sort of trust or whatever so that everyone can use it, but it doesn't get split up.