Male primogeniture has played and still plays a major role in society. Inheritance, or the means to pass on family property and power, is understandably an important concept. Yet, its importance has been decreasing with time. While most parts of our planet have stepped over their discriminative inheritance customs, why have some of the most developed countries such as Sweden wait until the end of the 20th century to erase primogeniture? This contrast between democratic values and undemocratic inheritance