Yes, it's not something I would advise in most families - even the most normal appearing sibling relationships can go south in a bad way when money is involved. Stories are rampant of unscrupulous siblings stealing the inheritance. Luckily my mom's estate was small (about $28k for each of four siblings) and divided evenly (with the exception of her used Honda Civic which we all agreed to give to my younger brother, who was most in need of a car). She didn't have any belongings of value and so there was really nothing to fight about.
Both my older brother and I were executors but since he's in another state and mom lived with me it was just easier for me to handle everything.
