DEAR ABBY:

My mother passed away recently, and my brother, who lives nearby, is clearing out her house. He asked me if there was anything I wanted from the house, and I told him I wanted the photographs of my children when they were young, which I had sent to my mother over the years, as I live overseas. I suggested he send them to my daughter in New York, as she will be coming to visit me in a few months and can bring them.

My brother mailed the pictures, and my daughter opened the package. Upon seeing the pictures, she decided she wanted to keep the ones she is in and to pass to her sister (also in New York) the ones she is in. She claims they are hers. I say they are not. She was only meant to be a messenger to bring them to me. I offered to make copies or to scan them and email them

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