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A probate genealogist? Huh? This could be one of the most unusual jobs List for Life has come across so far.

If you thought money was emotive, try adding family to the mix. Daniel Curran, who is employed by solicitors to track down relatives due inheritances, says that you never quite know how beneficiaries are going to react.

Amy Littlechild enjoys the thrill of the chase, as she discusses a recent case in this piece in the Daily Mail Careers section.

Are you heir to a fortune? It’s easy to find out! Ever watched television shows that reveal how unsuspecting individuals receive bequests worth thousands?

Margaret Abbotts, 76, inherited £250,000 out of the blue from a relative she never knew. She was contacted about the inheritance by Finders international probate genealogists after her half-sister, a childless widow whom she had never met, died intestate in 2007.

When Myrtle Godwin received a phone call from someone she did not know, saying she was in line to inherit part of a £320,000 estate, she thought it was a scam.

Once again BBC London invited Daniel Curran, MD of Finders International on to the Harriet & Tim Show for further conversation about family tress, heir hunting and the mysteries that people encounter in their family research.

M.D Daniel Curran features on BBC Radio Scotland with Stephen Jardine. The topic of discussion was heir hunters, and the show open up with, “you could be in line for an unexpected bumper inheritance”. Daniel explains to listeners how it all works.

“hear ye hear ye there be a women residing in the north east who is due a wad of money” is how host Gerry Kelly starts the show. The show features Padraic Grennan from the Dublin branch of Finders International.