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When families disagree about how to honor ancestor's final wishes

I want to take my Polish grandfather's ashes back to Warsaw but my cousins think it's a waste of money and my aunt says he wanted to stay in America and I'm the only one who feels like he's homesick.

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Different interpretations of what the dead would want create conflict among those who love them.

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