💨 Abstract

Laura Barts, from Cumbria, was abandoned by her father as a toddler, who later refused to let her stepfather adopt her. This refusal ironically led to a life-changing event: Laura learned she was set to receive £100,000 from an estate of a relative she never knew, Ann Margaret Mathison, her father's cousin. Mathison, who died in Los Angeles, left a £1.5million estate with no known relatives.

Courtesy: www.thesun.co.uk