China woman discovers uncle faked marriage with her late mother to inherit properties

South China Morning PostEN 1 min read 100% complete by Fran LuMarch 10, 2026 at 07:00 AM

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A woman in China, surnamed Sun, discovered her uncle fraudulently married her deceased mother to illegally inherit her properties. Sun's mother, Zhao Fang, died in 2008 when Sun was nine years old. Following Zhao's death, relatives notarized her assets and sold three properties to pay debts, with the remaining assets held in trust by Sun's aunt until she turned 18. Sun later learned her uncle, Zhao's younger brother, had posthumously married her mother and claimed her assets as her widower. Sun had been living with her mother in Hebei province before her death, and afterwards lived with her aunt and uncle in Henan province. She did not attend her mother's funeral.