It used to be you could find a box of photos or keepsakes that you inherited to look back on how things were or when you were a kid. Now, most of that is stored on phones, and most parents probably don’t think to share or save them in a way to be passed down in the future.
You should store you precious life moment with a little help.
Use digikam (free/open source) to get one’s files in order. And i you are willing to go NAS route, use freenas + immich (free/open source)