YOU SAID:
your mother was the niece of a rich man
INTO JAPANESE
あなたの母親は金持ちのnieだった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Your mother was a rich nie
INTO JAPANESE
あなたの母親は金持ちのだった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Your mother was rich
INTO JAPANESE
あなたの母親は金持ちでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Your mother was rich
That didn't even make that much sense in English.