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I'm having trouble translating this sentence (from the manga Banana Fish, if
anyone knows that awesome series):

もしオレにあったとしても… オレはそんなものほしいと思ったことは1度だってない！！

The part I'm having trouble with is オレにあった, I can't figure out which verb あった
is supposed to be/what it means...

As for the second part, I think it means something like "I've never wanted
something like that, not even once"--but if I'm wrong please correct!
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Help translating a sentence with オレにあった
あった is the past tense form of the verb ある (有る), literally "exists".

「(Somethingが)オレにある」 literally means "(Something) exists in me", "There is
(something) in me", i.e. "I have (something)".

「（もし）～～としても」 expresses _hypothetical condition_. "Even if~~"

So 「(～～が)オレにあったとしても」 means "even if I had ~~".

And according to [this page](http://tweez.net/bananafish_bot/?p=3), the whole
sentence goes:

> 才能なんて――そんなもの…もしオレにあったとしても…オレはそんなものほしいと思ったことは1度だってない!!

The first half literally says "Talent... even if I had a thing like that..."  
→ "Even if I had a talent, ..." "Even if I was talented, ..."

> As for the second part, I think it means something like "I've never wanted
> something like that, not even once"--but if I'm wrong please correct!

You're correct.
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