“Where it can get complicated is if we only have a name – we don’t know who the parents are, we don’t know who the siblings are – then we have to engage a genealogist. “In that situation, I needed to build the family background and family tree for them first, because this was a complete surprise ... it’s probably quite nice to be receiving some money that you’re not expecting, but it also probably opened up some sadness – they didn’t even know these people, and they’ve passed away.” “A genealogist might stumble across someone’s family tree, and then they dig a little deeper and order birth certificates ... or we’ve had situations where people have come forward and said, ‘I’m a relation ... he was actually my father and I haven’t been included’.”
Author: Kim Knight
Published at: 2025-07-15 22:00:00
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