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When you buy your childhood home, history conveys. Drama might, too.

Drawn by family lore (or hoping to avoid a bidding war), these people reclaimed the houses they grew up in.

Jacob Heilbrunn shows his son, Oscar, how to use the sound equipment in their Washington, D.C., home. His wife, Sarah Despres, grew up in the house and bought it from her parents. The family has made it their own.
Jacob Heilbrunn shows his son, Oscar, how to use the sound equipment in their Washington, D.C., home. His wife, Sarah Despres, grew up in the house and bought it from her parents. The family has made it their own.Read moreMaansi Srivastava / For the Washington Post