ew things divide families so much as an unequal skew of wealth among its different members. Whether caused by a divisive matriarch or patriarch leaving everything to a favoured child, while snubbing the rest, or by one family member striking out to make piles of money, and succeeding, the less fortunate siblings – who are either disinterested or incapable of accruing personal wealth – are left rumbling with barely disguised envy and dissatisfaction. No one wants to be the poor relative, the hanger-on, the one who can’t keep up or pay their way; and while generosity is what you might expect from family members who do have resources, it’s often the case that
