Please tell me they were duplicates of ones they already have and cherish.

My mother and aunts all have the same pictures of all the same family members. So when my Aunt Lucy passed away it took forever for all of us to go through the pictures. The duplicates were not tossed, just put in a box that my mother still has. Guess my sisters and I will be the recipients of duplicate pictures -- pictures we all already have. If my mother gave me those pictures today, you can bet I would never toss them in front of her, even if they were duplicates of ones I already had.

My one sister is the keeper of family pictures. She has every aunt, uncle, grandparent, etc., on her staircase wall. My other sister is the one who has keepsakes from some of those relatives. I'm the keeper of the family tree and all the juicy secrets all written down in a book.