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People who surprisingly inherited fortunes

Stories of surprise fortunes
Thousands for 70 strangers in the phone book
Thousands for 70 strangers in the phone book
$50,000 from a secret admirer
$50,000 from a secret admirer
$235,000 for a man on a park bench
$235,000 for a man on a park bench
$500,000 gifted to a 17-year-old waitress
$500,000 gifted to a 17-year-old waitress
$589,000 from an unknown half-sister
$589,000 from an unknown half-sister
$600,000 for whoever had the most babies
$600,000 for whoever had the most babies
$600,000 for whoever had the most babies
$700,000 for a struggling actress
$700,000 for a struggling actress
$794,000 from a long-lost uncle
$794,000 from a long-lost uncle
$40 million from an unknown father
$40 million from an unknown father
$66 million house from an aristocratic father
$66 million house from an aristocratic father
$1.44 billion from a mystery uncle
$1.44 billion from a mystery uncle
$8.3 billion for brothers living in a cave
$8.3 billion for brothers living in a cave
Hundreds of millions for the son of The Colonel?
Hundreds of millions for the son of The Colonel?
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Stories of surprise fortunes

Discovering you're an heir to an enormous fortune that you had no idea about sounds like the stuff of dreams, but for these people it became reality. From hundreds of thousands of dollars bequeathed to an aristocrat’s favourite waitress to two brothers living in a cave who received billions, click or scroll through a lucky 13 incredible stories of surprisingly inherited fortunes.
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Hannah Ward-Glenton

26 March 2021

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