0:00:05 > 0:00:08Today, the heir hunters reunite a long lost family...
0:00:08 > 0:00:10I spoke to somebody yesterday,
0:00:10 > 0:00:13they said when she was younger she looked like me.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15..and emotions run high.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19I didn't actually know my father had already died.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Whilst in East London, they discover a link to one of
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Britain's most notorious crimes.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27They may even have known people that were involved with
0:00:27 > 0:00:30the investigations, or knew people that were connected to people
0:00:30 > 0:00:32that may have got murdered.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34It's all in a day's work for the heir hunters.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45In Hertfordshire, something amazing is about to happen.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49Jacqueline Pearson is about to be reunited with her niece, Danielle,
0:00:49 > 0:00:51for the first time in three decades.
0:00:56 > 0:00:5830 years is a long time, isn't it?
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Not to know how somebody's grown up and...
0:01:03 > 0:01:06..obviously got a family and married.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09The last time Jacqueline saw Danielle, she was just a baby.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12I spoke to somebody yesterday,
0:01:12 > 0:01:14they said when she was younger she looked like me.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17I do think she would be tall, like my brother.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19I don't think she'd be short like me.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Today's meeting has come about thanks to the work
0:01:23 > 0:01:24of the heir hunters.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27We may be able to reunite people that haven't seen each other
0:01:27 > 0:01:29for a number of years, or potentially have never even
0:01:29 > 0:01:31met each other. So this is really nice,
0:01:31 > 0:01:33it's quite a heart-warming part of the job.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40In January 2016, the team at Finders International
0:01:40 > 0:01:43took on the the case of Constance Doheny,
0:01:43 > 0:01:46who had died in Coventry Hospital at the age of 89.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53The retired seamstress, who liked to be known as Pat, always cut a dash.
0:01:54 > 0:02:00I would say she was a very talented lady and up until a few years ago
0:02:00 > 0:02:03still enjoyed using a sewing machine.
0:02:03 > 0:02:09She could go into some of the London shops and look at the fashions
0:02:09 > 0:02:11and then she would come home and she would copy it.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Very, very fashion-conscious, I think.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19But it was a childhood passion that really defined Pat's life,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21particularly in her later years.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Pat did tell me once that she'd always permanently had a dog
0:02:25 > 0:02:29by her side from the age of eight.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32And she could never live without her dogs.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Come on, boys, come on, boys.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Pat's dogs were her family.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40I would probably go so far as to say they were her children.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43She used to tell them off quite a bit
0:02:43 > 0:02:46and say they were being naughty when they weren't!
0:02:46 > 0:02:50But that was, you know... That was how she was.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54But Pat took her passion for dogs to a whole new level.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Pat's dogs became champions.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58She actually got...
0:02:59 > 0:03:01..Best Of Breed at Crufts.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06And it was this mutual love of dogs that cemented a firm friendship
0:03:06 > 0:03:08between Susan and Pat.
0:03:08 > 0:03:15She used to make me laugh with funny stories about the dogs.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17She was just...
0:03:17 > 0:03:18you know, a real character.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22I just loved her. Loved her to bits.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Pat had no known relatives and passed away without leaving a will.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37In London, the team had spotted the case.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41When we picked up the case of Constance Doheny,
0:03:41 > 0:03:43this was advertised on the Government legal department's
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Bona Vacantia list.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Aware that Constance owned her own property,
0:03:48 > 0:03:50the case jumped out at Ryan.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53So we were looking at a case that was worth in the region of
0:03:53 > 0:03:56around £250,000, £260,000.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58So we knew this case was going to be highly competitive
0:03:58 > 0:04:01and there may be a number of companies looking into it.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05Yeah, he was very happy to, when I've spoken to him in the past.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11With £250,000 inheritance at stake,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Ryan Green lit the case, and researcher Camilla
0:04:14 > 0:04:18began the task of looking for possible Doheny heirs.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19- Thank you.- Thanks very much.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23With the unusual name Doheny,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26the team hoped the search would be straightforward,
0:04:26 > 0:04:28but those illusions were shattered when they found
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Constance's marriage certificate.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34We found out that her maiden name was actually Morse.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Now, this was going to give us a few more problems
0:04:36 > 0:04:40than the surname Doheny, given it's a more popular surname
0:04:40 > 0:04:41within the country.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43But we weren't quite sure how it was going to go and exactly how
0:04:43 > 0:04:46difficult the research into that surname was going to be.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Having found a record of Constance's marriage,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52the researchers could find out her mother's name.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56We knew her father was Robert Morse and her mother was
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Beatrice Constance Balch.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Now, Balch was going to be a surname that wasn't going to pose too many
0:05:02 > 0:05:04problems in terms of research,
0:05:04 > 0:05:07it's not a surname that I've personally come across before.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Armed with Constance's parents' names,
0:05:11 > 0:05:14they were soon able to establish that she was an only child.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17So they turned their attention to the wider family.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19- I don't think I actually... - We don't need two bits.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24Determined to beat the competition, they focused on Constance's mother,
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Beatrice, as she had the unusual name of Balch.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- Again, I could have just done two nines underneath.- Yeah.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36With such a rare surname, the team quickly discovered Beatrice
0:05:36 > 0:05:39had ten siblings and they located their descendants.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Mostly, it went quite well.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45But having raced out of the blocks,
0:05:45 > 0:05:48the team were about to be halted in their tracks.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Unfortunately, having spoken to them,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58it turns out they were actually going to be seen by a representative
0:05:58 > 0:06:02of another firm later on that day.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05The bits you've done or the bits you're following up on now.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08It was a blow. The competition now had the upper hand,
0:06:08 > 0:06:12which could put the whole case in jeopardy.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16There's a competitiveness that you have as a case manager when you're
0:06:16 > 0:06:18working these cases, because you're not quite sure
0:06:18 > 0:06:20who's looking into it. Speed is of the essence.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Obviously, accuracy is important as well.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25But, you know, we have to just... If we are behind,
0:06:25 > 0:06:27dust ourselves off and just carry on.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31With a valuable case at stake,
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Ryan wasn't about to give up without a fight and had a new plan.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41As a team, we decided to switch to the paternal side of the family,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44which is Morse. It was going to be a bit of a slower search,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46given that the surname was more prevalent,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49but, I mean, we use this as a route to hopefully get to some of the
0:06:49 > 0:06:51beneficiaries before anybody else who's working the case.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57The team needed to know if Constance's father, Robert,
0:06:57 > 0:06:58had any siblings.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04We were lucky enough to place Robert with his family on the 1901 census
0:07:04 > 0:07:06and the 1911 census.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13We could find his parents and other siblings on the 1891 census,
0:07:13 > 0:07:16which was prior to Robert being born.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18So we had three census records.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22We had Robert's parents, David John Morse
0:07:22 > 0:07:25and Eliza, or Elizabeth, Morse.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Records revealed that David and his wife,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31who seemed to be known as either Eliza or Elizabeth,
0:07:31 > 0:07:34had nine children, including Robert.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Although all of these children had passed away,
0:07:36 > 0:07:39the team were able to trace descendants.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41For the second time in the search,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44the team thought they were closing in on the heirs.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47I managed to find a number, so I gave it a call.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50But yet again, they were about to be dealt a cruel blow.
0:07:52 > 0:07:58There was more bad news that would set them back even further.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00So we're looking at the Morse family on the census records,
0:08:00 > 0:08:06we made an assumption that David John Morse was married
0:08:06 > 0:08:10to a lady called Elizabeth, who may have changed her name to Eliza.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12What later transpired...
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Elizabeth and Eliza were actually different people.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Do you know if he was related to the lady that lived there before?
0:08:18 > 0:08:23With fierce competition on this £260,000 case,
0:08:23 > 0:08:26the team were worried they had blown their chance of a successful result.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Sometimes heir hunters come across a case which gives an insight
0:08:38 > 0:08:41into some of the most gruesome events in history.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45When we're researching families, you're always looking into
0:08:45 > 0:08:47the epochs of time that they actually were born into,
0:08:47 > 0:08:49or the times in which they lived.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54And when the team took on the case of Gladys Cole in 2015,
0:08:54 > 0:08:57their search was to lead them to one of the biggest crime stories
0:08:57 > 0:08:59of the 19th century.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04They may even have known people that were involved with
0:09:04 > 0:09:07the investigations, or knew people that were connected
0:09:07 > 0:09:09to people that may have got murdered.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16When the case of Gladys Cole was advertised by the Government's
0:09:16 > 0:09:19legal department, case manager, Ben Cornish,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21at Fraser And Fraser was quick to take it on,
0:09:21 > 0:09:24believing it could be a very worthwhile case.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29The majority of Gladys's estate is the property,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32the value of the property, and that's approximately £250,000.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Gladys died aged 84 in hospital.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41She had lived on a quiet street in Dagenham.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44And neighbour of 11 years, George, got to know her in passing.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48We used to pop in occasionally.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50She never let you in her house.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Always spoke to you at the door.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54We asked her, "Do you want any help?"
0:09:54 > 0:09:58You know, "Any time you need anything, we'll get it for you."
0:09:58 > 0:10:00But she never really took... She was a very independent lady,
0:10:00 > 0:10:02never took up the offers or anything, you know?
0:10:02 > 0:10:05She would say hello and things like that, how are you and
0:10:05 > 0:10:08things like that, Christmas cards once a year, that sort of thing.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10But never had a deep conversation.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15But although George lived near to Gladys for over a decade,
0:10:15 > 0:10:17he only saw her from time to time
0:10:17 > 0:10:20and news that she had died came as a shock.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22She was a lovely lady, nice old lady.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27And the horrible thing about it was, we didn't know
0:10:27 > 0:10:29till six months after that she'd died.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32That's what communities are like now, you know?
0:10:32 > 0:10:34And we lived next door to her.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Cos she was in and out of hospital at the end.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41One of her other friends actually told us that she had died.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Born in the East End in between the wars,
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Gladys appears to have moved to Dagenham,
0:10:48 > 0:10:49but had not always lived alone.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56In London, aware their competitors would be looking into the case of
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Gladys Cole, Josh was trying to piece together the puzzle
0:10:59 > 0:11:00of her life.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03At the address, it comes up with Gladys living there,
0:11:03 > 0:11:05but also an Arthur Cole as well.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07We discovered that
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Arthur and Gladys lived together since 1983,
0:11:10 > 0:11:13but it's possible that they may have lived together for longer than that.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16So our first step there would be to ascertain whether or not
0:11:16 > 0:11:20that is going to be a blood relative or if it's going to be a husband.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24The team needed to find out who Arthur was
0:11:24 > 0:11:28and a check of his birth certificate solved the mystery.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30We found out that, after looking at Arthur's Cole's birth,
0:11:30 > 0:11:34we were able to find out that the mother's maiden name on his birth is
0:11:34 > 0:11:38Kendon, which is the same as Gladys Cole.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40So we can ascertain from that that they are probably
0:11:40 > 0:11:41brother and sister.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49But the team needed to find out whether Arthur was still alive.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Arthur pre-deceased Gladys and he died in 2007.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58It seems that Arthur and Gladys had lived together for years
0:11:58 > 0:12:00and neither had any children.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04So now the team needed to turn their attention to Gladys's wider family.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10The first thing that we did was try and locate the deceased's birth.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15She was born as Gladys Cole on 23rd April 1931 in Stepney.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20On her birth record, it showed her father's name was obviously Cole
0:12:20 > 0:12:23and her mother's maiden name was Kendon.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27So from that point, we would look for a marriage for her parents.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30The team began searching for a marriage,
0:12:30 > 0:12:35hoping that the unusual names would not throw up too many results.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38We've looked into Gladys's parents and it is a Cole to Kendon marriage
0:12:38 > 0:12:40and that's completely unique.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43There aren't any other marriages in England or Wales
0:12:43 > 0:12:47at the time as well. So that's a really good indication
0:12:47 > 0:12:51that's going to be the couple we're looking for.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53The team had immediately struck gold.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58We found one marriage, Henry Arthur Cole
0:12:58 > 0:13:02marrying a Marie Victoria Kendon on the 19th December, 1925.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07From that point onwards, we would look for any other
0:13:07 > 0:13:09brothers and sisters of the deceased.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11The team established that Gladys and Arthur were the
0:13:11 > 0:13:14only children from this marriage.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16So the next step was to start looking into
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Henry and Marie's families.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23The deceased's father was born as Arthur Henry Cole on 17th November,
0:13:23 > 0:13:281897, Mile End, and his parents were John Thomas Cole and Alice Cole,
0:13:28 > 0:13:29nee Boother.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32They married on 25th December 1886 in Mile End.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38But this paternal branch of the family wasn't going to be easy
0:13:38 > 0:13:40to research.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42The surname Cole is quite a common name.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45So we have to be particularly careful when researching it,
0:13:45 > 0:13:48just because there are vast numbers of records
0:13:48 > 0:13:51and they can be within a particular area.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55So this case was one where we had to make sure that we checked it
0:13:55 > 0:13:58every step of the way that we were on the right track.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04The team needed to find out who Gladys's grandparents were
0:14:04 > 0:14:07to establish whether her father, Henry, had any siblings.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11The search threw up several Coles,
0:14:11 > 0:14:13who could have been Gladys's grandfather,
0:14:13 > 0:14:17but one key detail would help them identify the right one.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21John Thomas Cole is an artificial florist on his marriage certificate
0:14:21 > 0:14:22in 1886.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26On the 1901 census, this is exactly the same thing,
0:14:26 > 0:14:28artificial flower maker.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32And on the 1911 census, it says artificial florist as well.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35So it's pretty consistent that he's been an artificial florist
0:14:35 > 0:14:36for his entire life.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44At the turn of the 20th century, artificial flower making
0:14:44 > 0:14:45was booming.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48The fashion for accessorising clothes had become a status symbol
0:14:48 > 0:14:50for Victorian ladies.
0:14:52 > 0:14:57In 1891, there were over 4,000 flower makers in London alone.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00And this hugely competitive trade followed the latest trends
0:15:00 > 0:15:01from Paris.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Well, this building right here was actually one of the places
0:15:06 > 0:15:11where they would actually have made artificial flowers in the East End.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18John Thomas Cole would've been engaged in such a factory,
0:15:18 > 0:15:21shaping the fabric using special cutting tools.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25This was a physically demanding job and was mainly carried out by men.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Once done, women and children undertook the more delicate job
0:15:29 > 0:15:34of creating the flowers, a task that could be outsourced.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37An artificial flower maker was actually a very easy profession
0:15:37 > 0:15:40to have in the 19th century, because it was such a simple way
0:15:40 > 0:15:41of doing things.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43A lot of the time, people would do them from their own homes.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48But such a lucrative industry added to the exploitation
0:15:48 > 0:15:53in London's East End, until the upper classes started to step in.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56You had a fair few philanthropists around the area.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58You had people like William Booth of the Salvation Army,
0:15:58 > 0:16:02you had Thomas Barnardo of Barnardo's children's charity,
0:16:02 > 0:16:04trying to get the children off the streets.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06You also had men like Richard Charrington,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09who was a philanthropist who wanted to try and get the prostitutes
0:16:09 > 0:16:11off the streets and into better conditions.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14This included the Flower Girls' Christian Mission.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17They made artificial flowers for charities
0:16:17 > 0:16:20and produced the first poppies for the Royal British Legion.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26For the heir hunters, knowing that John Thomas Cole had worked in
0:16:26 > 0:16:29artificial flowers all his life helped them confirm
0:16:29 > 0:16:31they had the right person.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Sometimes through the course of their lives,
0:16:35 > 0:16:36individuals change professions.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40It can be very difficult for us sometimes to trace the right family,
0:16:40 > 0:16:44because we're always looking to match up various occupations,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47if we've got a difficult name to research.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51In this case, we had one occupation that tied it all together,
0:16:51 > 0:16:53which was the artificial florist.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59The 1911 census showed that Gladys's grandfather,
0:16:59 > 0:17:02John Thomas Cole, was married to an Alice Boother
0:17:02 > 0:17:06and the couple were living in Mile End in East London.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10They could also see records of Gladys's father Henry,
0:17:10 > 0:17:13but surprisingly it seemed he'd changed his name.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17The confusing thing about this case on the paternal side
0:17:17 > 0:17:20is that the deceased father was born as Arthur Henry Cole,
0:17:20 > 0:17:23but went under the name of Henry Cole.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26But the plot thickened even further,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28when they discovered that Henry had a younger brother.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34His brother was called Arthur John Cole and used the name
0:17:34 > 0:17:38either Arthur or John. So, weirdly, they were both born as Arthur,
0:17:38 > 0:17:40but started using their name intermittently
0:17:40 > 0:17:42on various certificates.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Families handing down names is not unusual
0:17:46 > 0:17:49and it can make life incredibly difficult for the heir hunters,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51but they were determined to rise to the challenge.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57When the research is complex, it can create a bit of a buzz
0:17:57 > 0:17:59in the office, and in this case, we had
0:17:59 > 0:18:03the paternal uncle having the same name as the deceased father,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06so, really, really difficult for us
0:18:06 > 0:18:10to try and descend and find who this individual was and lots of hands on
0:18:10 > 0:18:14deck to be able to try and work out the extent of the family.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20With just the stem of Gladys's Uncle Arthur to research,
0:18:20 > 0:18:23the team were unsure if they were going to find any heirs
0:18:23 > 0:18:25on the paternal side of the family.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32With a £250,000 estate at stake,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35they were hoping the maternal family may have more to offer.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41But little did the team know that their research would uncover a link
0:18:41 > 0:18:45to one of the biggest unsolved murder cases of all time.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Every year in Britain, thousands of people get a surprise knock
0:18:55 > 0:18:57on the door from the heir hunters.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I had no idea that we had a branch of the family that we knew
0:19:00 > 0:19:02nothing about.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04As well as handing over life-changing sums of money,
0:19:04 > 0:19:09the heir hunters' work can bring long lost relatives back together.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11You know, the more she told me, the more I looked into it,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14I thought, "Oh, my God. This is amazing."
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Things like this don't happen all the time, do they?
0:19:17 > 0:19:20But thousands of estates have eluded the heir hunters
0:19:20 > 0:19:22and remain unsolved.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Today, we've got details of two estates that are yet to be claimed.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Could you be the person the heir hunters have been looking for?
0:19:33 > 0:19:36First is the case of Edith Darvas,
0:19:36 > 0:19:39who died on the 15th of July 1996
0:19:39 > 0:19:41in the borough of Lambeth, South London.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47Born in 1913, Edith is thought to have come to the UK
0:19:47 > 0:19:50during the Hungarian uprising in 1956.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54She also went by the name of Edit.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Her estate was advertised by the Treasury's Bona Vacantia Department,
0:19:59 > 0:20:03but so far no-one has come forward with a valid claim.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Is there a chance you're related to Edith Darvas?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Or does your family have any links to Hungary?
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Next is the case of Robert Wilding,
0:20:15 > 0:20:19who died on the 9th February 1996, in Stoke-on-Trent.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22However, it is not known where or when he was born.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Robert never married, but the name Wilding has strong links
0:20:28 > 0:20:29with the county of Lancashire.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Are you a Wilding?
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Do you hold the key to unlocking an estate
0:20:35 > 0:20:36that could be worth a fortune?
0:20:38 > 0:20:41If so, you could be in line for a surprise windfall.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51In London, the team at Fraser And Fraser were looking into
0:20:51 > 0:20:55a high-value estate, estimated at over £250,000.
0:20:56 > 0:21:01It was the case of Gladys Cole, who had died in 2015 and left no will.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08It was up to case manager Ben Cornish and his team
0:21:08 > 0:21:12to try and find heirs to this fortune, ahead of rival firms.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16When you have a case with a property on it,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18you know it's going to have competition.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20And on this case, we had lots of competition.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26The team had already looked into the Cole side of the family,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28where common names had proved problematic,
0:21:28 > 0:21:32but they were hoping things would be easier on the maternal side.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Sometimes you can have two really difficult names,
0:21:35 > 0:21:37ie - Smith and Jones.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38But in this case, we had Cole and Kendon.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Cole, a very difficult name to research,
0:21:41 > 0:21:43and Kendon, quite an unusual name,
0:21:43 > 0:21:47So it was quite nice to have something a little bit easier
0:21:47 > 0:21:48to work with.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52The team knew that Gladys's mother was Marie Kendon,
0:21:52 > 0:21:55and they needed to establish who her parents were to see if she had
0:21:55 > 0:21:59any siblings. The answer would come from Marie's marriage certificate.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05On the certificate, the mother is listed as Marie Victoria Kendon,
0:22:05 > 0:22:09aged 28, condition of marriage is spinster.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Her profession is that of machinist,
0:22:11 > 0:22:14so her parents were Joseph George Kendon and Ellen Rump.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16They married in 1886 in Stepney.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22But as George and Ellen settled down to married life,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25their corner of East London was about to become the focus
0:22:25 > 0:22:28of one of the biggest manhunts of all time.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34From the summer of 1888, terror swept across the East End,
0:22:34 > 0:22:38as young women began being murdered in what was clearly the work
0:22:38 > 0:22:39of a serial killer.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Now, the Cole and the Kendon family would've definitely known about the
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Whitechapel murders whilst living around here.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48I mean, it was like talk of the town.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52I mean, the newspapers were daily printing rather crude images
0:22:52 > 0:22:54of what the bodies would've looked like.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02The victims were all young women and most worked as prostitutes.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04And everyone, from the press to the public,
0:23:04 > 0:23:08began speculating as to the identity of the murderer.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12Now, there was even rumours at the time that whoever
0:23:12 > 0:23:14the Whitechapel murderer was, who would later be known
0:23:14 > 0:23:18as Jack the Ripper, was, like, a butcher.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Maybe a horse flesh dealer, anything like that.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23And because of Gladys's grandfather George's job,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26the rumours could've put him in the frame.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35The really interesting thing about this case is that the deceased's
0:23:35 > 0:23:38maternal grandfather, Joseph George Kendon,
0:23:38 > 0:23:42was a horse flesh dealer and he was living around and in the area.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48In Victorian London, horses were the main form of transport
0:23:48 > 0:23:52and 300,000 were needed to keep the capital moving,
0:23:52 > 0:23:56but when horses died or became ill, they needed to be disposed of.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01One of the leading slaughter yards in the East End at this time was
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Harrison Barber Limited, who would've processed
0:24:04 > 0:24:06up to 26,000 horses per year.
0:24:06 > 0:24:11Despite the volume, this was still a skilled job.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14They would've used similar tools to what a butcher would've used,
0:24:14 > 0:24:17so they would've used a long-bladed knife, about 12 inches in length.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24It was these knife skills that meant the butchers and horse flesh dealers
0:24:24 > 0:24:28like George would've been on the radar of detectives investigating
0:24:28 > 0:24:29the Ripper murders.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33There was a few suspects. There was a guy called Jacob Eischenschmitt,
0:24:33 > 0:24:37who was a butcher who was actually put forward as a very early suspect,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40because he went into this pub,
0:24:40 > 0:24:42down in Kent, and was covered in blood.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46But despite making several arrests,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49the police were never able to find the man known as Jack the Ripper.
0:24:50 > 0:24:55And by November 1888, his reign of terror had come to an end.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00After the murders, the newspapers made it such a point
0:25:00 > 0:25:03that the area was so, like, poverty stricken,
0:25:03 > 0:25:05that a lot of people, including the Queen,
0:25:05 > 0:25:07said they needed to have better living conditions.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11They actually started building adequate accommodation
0:25:11 > 0:25:12for the poor of the area.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14They lit the streets better.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17You had a lot more of the philanthropists coming in
0:25:17 > 0:25:19and helping them, feeding the people.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24After one of the darkest periods in the East End's history,
0:25:24 > 0:25:28there is at least now hope that things would improve in the area.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30And for George, it seemed he continued his work
0:25:30 > 0:25:35as a horse flesh dealer until his death in 1906, aged 53.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41His wife ended up, after he died, taking on the business, afterward.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43So she was purveying in it as well.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46All right, mate. Cheers. Bye.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49But despite the interesting link to one of the UK's
0:25:49 > 0:25:53most notorious murder mysteries, the key question for the team
0:25:53 > 0:25:56was whether George and Ellen had any children who could lead them
0:25:56 > 0:25:57to an heir.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03So, the deceased's grandparents on the maternal side
0:26:03 > 0:26:08had three further children. The first was a Robert Stephen Kendon.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11He married a Jane Hoffman in 1918 in Mile End Old Town.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15The next child they had was an Arthur Albert Kendon, born in 1893.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18He married a Jessie Spinks in 1918.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21And the third child was a Dorothy Rose Kendon,
0:26:21 > 0:26:23born in 1895 in Mile End.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29The team began looking into the youngest sibling, Dorothy,
0:26:29 > 0:26:32in the hope that she may have had children or grandchildren
0:26:32 > 0:26:35who were still alive.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40She married a Frederick Cooper in 1919 and she had two children,
0:26:40 > 0:26:44one that died as a spinster in 1941
0:26:44 > 0:26:47and one that died in infancy in 1922.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52With Dorothy's stem ruled out, the team hoped they'd have more luck
0:26:52 > 0:26:55looking into Gladys's Uncle Robert and his wife Jane.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59They had one daughter, Irene Dorothy Kendon,
0:26:59 > 0:27:01who married a William Webb in 1945.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08From this marriage, the team discovered that Dorothy and William
0:27:08 > 0:27:10had one son who was still alive.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14He was a potential heir to the estate,
0:27:14 > 0:27:16so it was a crucial breakthrough for the team.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20It's always useful speaking to heirs on these cases,
0:27:20 > 0:27:21because they can confirm your research
0:27:21 > 0:27:24and fill in any blanks that you may have.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27They can also help identify people that we can't identify through
0:27:27 > 0:27:29the usual genealogical process, ie -
0:27:29 > 0:27:32family members that have been adopted into the family.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34So always a very good source of information.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39The team was soon able to establish that there was one further heir
0:27:39 > 0:27:41on the maternal side.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45And they'd made progress on the Cole side of the family as well.
0:27:47 > 0:27:52Gladys's Uncle Arthur had three children, Ivy, John and Leonard.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55And all three had one child who would be an heir.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04One of them was Leonard's son David, who was last to be contacted.
0:28:04 > 0:28:09It was December 2015 when I had a phone call.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12So that was the first that I knew anything about this.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15The call was a complete surprise for David,
0:28:15 > 0:28:18who knew very little about this branch of the family.
0:28:18 > 0:28:19My grandad, John Cole...
0:28:21 > 0:28:24..he passed away when I was eight.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27And my father, obviously his son, passed away when I was three.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34David also had no idea that his family had links to the East End.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37We're very much a north London family.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42So no knowledge, don't know anybody of any side of the family
0:28:42 > 0:28:45that lived in that part of London, no.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49The actual history of my grandfather and his links into
0:28:49 > 0:28:53where he came from was always a bit of a blur. You know, nobody...
0:28:53 > 0:28:57It was... Even though we've tried to find out, even my cousins,
0:28:57 > 0:29:00who are older than me, say never remember him talking about,
0:29:00 > 0:29:02you know, Grandad talking about anything.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11In the office, Ben and his team had now completed their research
0:29:11 > 0:29:14and had found all of Gladys Cole's living relatives.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18But as more details of the estate came through,
0:29:18 > 0:29:21there was a surprising twist for Ben and all of the heirs.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27The case of Cole was bigger value than we expected,
0:29:27 > 0:29:31and I think this is mainly due to her brother's estate
0:29:31 > 0:29:33forming part of her estate.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Surprisingly that they had,
0:29:37 > 0:29:40together, over £100,000 worth of savings and their property was worth
0:29:40 > 0:29:43over £260,000, so a very large estate.
0:29:46 > 0:29:47It's good news for David,
0:29:47 > 0:29:52who now wants to find out more about the lady who left him this legacy.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55It's a nice surprise, but, you know,
0:29:55 > 0:29:57I think it's one of those things that it would be
0:29:57 > 0:30:00interesting to know... If you knew a bit more about Gladys,
0:30:00 > 0:30:03she might have had some ideas of what she would like to have happened
0:30:03 > 0:30:04to the money.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07You know, whether she supported anybody or did anything,
0:30:07 > 0:30:09so there may be something... If we knew about that, then maybe,
0:30:09 > 0:30:12you know, some of it could go towards that.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13But, you know, I've got two sons,
0:30:13 > 0:30:16I've got grandchildren. It wouldn't be for me.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18I think something like that should be put to better use.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29In London, the team at Finders International were under pressure
0:30:29 > 0:30:35to beat competitors in a case with an estate valued at £260,000.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39The case was that of dog-loving Constance Doheny, known as Pat,
0:30:39 > 0:30:42who died aged 89 in Coventry.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46Having faced stiff competition from rival firms on the maternal side of
0:30:46 > 0:30:49the family, Ryan and the team were hoping the paternal side
0:30:49 > 0:30:51would be more straightforward.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57But confusion over the name of Constance's grandmother
0:30:57 > 0:30:59had cost them dear.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Believing Elizabeth and David's second wife Eliza
0:31:02 > 0:31:05were the same person, they had lost valuable time
0:31:05 > 0:31:06and were now playing catch-up.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13You know, there's a number of names whereby we have to just, you know,
0:31:13 > 0:31:16be aware that there's variations and it means that we have to look
0:31:16 > 0:31:19for a number of different names in the indexes.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Knowing they now needed to concentrate on the marriage
0:31:26 > 0:31:28of David Morse and Elizabeth Watts,
0:31:28 > 0:31:30the team established that in addition
0:31:30 > 0:31:34to Constance's father Robert, they had three other children -
0:31:34 > 0:31:38Eliza, David and another David, who died as a baby.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45We were really just looking at two main stems.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47One of these was David Morse.
0:31:47 > 0:31:52Now, we were really struggling to find any records on him.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55We had found his birth, obviously, and we found a lot of
0:31:55 > 0:31:59military records, which is our main focus for descending his line
0:31:59 > 0:32:00of the family.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03At risk of losing this high-value case, the team needed
0:32:03 > 0:32:06a major breakthrough and fast.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09So they put all their efforts into David's military records.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Having joined up as a private in 1911,
0:32:18 > 0:32:21David had no idea what fate would befall him
0:32:21 > 0:32:23in the next few years.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27He was in the regular army when the First World War broke out,
0:32:27 > 0:32:30which is not really an enviable position to be in, in many ways.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36Ends up being sent overseas pretty quickly and he's actually
0:32:36 > 0:32:39involved in the first battle that the British Expeditionary fights,
0:32:39 > 0:32:42the Battle of Mons, in August 1914.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45They must have seen some fairly horrific sights
0:32:45 > 0:32:46at quite a young age, really.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51But within a year, the horrors of the front line were to be replaced
0:32:51 > 0:32:56by the confinement of a prisoner of war camp in Germany.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Being captured seemed unfortunate at the time,
0:32:58 > 0:33:01but it did mean that he missed many of the engagements which the
0:33:01 > 0:33:041st Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment fought in.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07And some of those, they took very high casualties indeed.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10They were in action on the first day of the Somme
0:33:10 > 0:33:14and they were also involved in the Passchendaele campaign of 1917.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17So, paradoxically, I suppose this misfortunate
0:33:17 > 0:33:21probably saved David's life or at least saved him from serious injury.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28David was part of the famous Lincolnshire Regiment.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31At Lincolnshire Archives, there's a collection dedicated to the regiment
0:33:31 > 0:33:34and it includes items and photographs that belong to
0:33:34 > 0:33:36David Morse.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40They show the bleak conditions he'd have experienced in the POW camps.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45The diet was monotonous and also deficient as well.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48Quite often, they had a thin soup to eat.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50And the sanitary arrangements, the sewers, were not
0:33:50 > 0:33:53particularly good, so you got outbreaks of things like dysentery
0:33:53 > 0:33:55and cholera.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58David spent the remainder of the war under lock and key.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01However, there was great camaraderie amongst the prisoners.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07Here, we've got a series of postcards which David owned,
0:34:07 > 0:34:09showing life in the POW camps.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13And actually in some of them, in the group photographs,
0:34:13 > 0:34:17David can be seen, particularly clearly in this one,
0:34:17 > 0:34:21where we can see his Lincolnshire Regiment cap.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25As time went on, the hardships of war grew greater and greater.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Towards the end of the war as well, the British naval blockade
0:34:28 > 0:34:33was starting to bite and this meant that food
0:34:33 > 0:34:35was extremely short in Germany.
0:34:38 > 0:34:43The situation became so severe that the British government intervened
0:34:43 > 0:34:46and came to an agreement with the Netherlands and Switzerland
0:34:46 > 0:34:48to take POWs from Germany.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51David was one of the, I suppose, the fortunate ones,
0:34:51 > 0:34:54who was transferred to the Netherlands.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57And, having headed to the Netherlands,
0:34:57 > 0:34:59David soon had a reason to stay there.
0:35:00 > 0:35:01When David was in the Netherlands,
0:35:01 > 0:35:05it would appear that he met his future wife, Jacoba,
0:35:05 > 0:35:08and here we have her identity card, actually.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10And they were married in 1920.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14And David actually went to live in the Netherlands.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19He owned a cafe on the outskirts of The Hague.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23I think it's an "as soon as possible" kind of thing, so...
0:35:23 > 0:35:26For the heir hunters, who are in a race against time,
0:35:26 > 0:35:30the news that David Morse had set up home in Holland wasn't good.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32He'd had a whole family in the Netherlands.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34He'd married there, he'd had children there,
0:35:34 > 0:35:35he'd passed away there,
0:35:35 > 0:35:39and we just can't search his records within the office.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41From the Netherlands, how long do you reckon it would take
0:35:41 > 0:35:42to get it back to us?
0:35:43 > 0:35:47- I would say, like, a week?- Yeah, that's what I would have thought.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50With the research into David Morse ongoing in the Netherlands,
0:35:50 > 0:35:54Ryan's team concentrated their efforts on the one remaining stem
0:35:54 > 0:35:56on the paternal line.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59So whilst descending the line of Eliza, Elizabeth Morse,
0:35:59 > 0:36:02we found out that she'd actually married twice.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04From those two marriages, she had five children.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Eliza Elizabeth's first marriage to Benjamin Morrell
0:36:09 > 0:36:10produced three children.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15Benjamin, who died without having children, Isabel and May.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Now, May would have been a paternal cousin of the deceased had she
0:36:21 > 0:36:23survived, but when May passed away
0:36:23 > 0:36:25and we had to then descend her bloodline,
0:36:25 > 0:36:27we found two children to her marriage.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33With the competition fierce on this case,
0:36:33 > 0:36:36it was crucial that the heir hunters located May's children
0:36:36 > 0:36:40to stop any rival firms from signing them up first.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44And it didn't take long to find one - her daughter, Jacqueline.
0:36:45 > 0:36:50When Ryan asked about Constance, I had no idea.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52I'd never heard of the name.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54You come off the phone and you can't take it all in.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58But Jacqueline wasn't the only relative on this stem.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02She also had a brother called David and Ryan needed to find out what had
0:37:02 > 0:37:04happened to him.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08We found out through the records and through speaking to Jacqueline
0:37:08 > 0:37:10that he actually passed away.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Jacqueline had lost contact with her brother, David,
0:37:13 > 0:37:16but she knew that he had a daughter.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19However, she also thought David had left the family
0:37:19 > 0:37:21whilst the daughter was still very young.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26We had to then try and trace David's daughter.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Her name was Danielle.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Now, we had a good idea that Danielle was going
0:37:32 > 0:37:34to be estranged from her father.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37The heir hunters needed to move fast.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40But aware that Danielle and her father had lost touch,
0:37:40 > 0:37:42they had to proceed with caution,
0:37:42 > 0:37:45as this was potentially a very delicate situation.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52What struck us when we spoke to Danielle was,
0:37:52 > 0:37:55she wasn't aware that her father had actually passed away.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02He had passed, I think when I was 18.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07It is sad, not to ever get to meet him.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11I have one photograph of him, which is quite an old photograph,
0:38:11 > 0:38:13but I would like to see more.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17I didn't know anything about Constance until I got the call
0:38:17 > 0:38:19telling me that she passed.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22And that she had no living relatives and that it was
0:38:22 > 0:38:24being passed down to the rest of the family.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27Having been disconnected from her father's side of the family,
0:38:27 > 0:38:30news of the inheritance was a complete surprise.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32I didn't know much about my dad.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35I knew his name, I knew he had a sister
0:38:35 > 0:38:40and she had daughters. I knew that they lived in an area
0:38:40 > 0:38:45near where we was, but that's as much as I was ever really told.
0:38:45 > 0:38:50My auntie I knew that lived nearby, but I never got to meet her.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52It came as a shock to Danielle.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56And it's always something that...
0:38:57 > 0:39:01..kind of throws you a bit when you are doing your research.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Often, it's more distant relations
0:39:03 > 0:39:06and when it's someone closely linked to the person we're speaking to,
0:39:06 > 0:39:08it's difficult news to give.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11But after the initial shock,
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Danielle has had time to gather her thoughts.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17My children are really excited.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20They've asked me lots of questions about who Constance is,
0:39:20 > 0:39:23and more so who my auntie is.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27And the funny thing, they keep asking me, "What is she to them?"
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Which, I think they're more excited than I am.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32That aunt was Jacqueline.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35And for her, the discovery that she an heir offered an opportunity
0:39:35 > 0:39:39to meet the niece she hadn't seen for 30 years.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42I don't know anything about Danielle.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45I've got one photo of her at the time she was three.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50It must have been hard when Danielle got the call,
0:39:50 > 0:39:52because even though she didn't see him...
0:39:54 > 0:39:55..they're always there, aren't they?
0:39:55 > 0:39:59You always know, somewhere out there, I've got a dad.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Today is a big day for Danielle and Jacqueline.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13They've arranged to meet and try and reconnect after 30 long years.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18It's been playing on my mind every day,
0:40:18 > 0:40:21the day getting closer and closer to meet my aunt.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Butterflies set in.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Lots of questions to ask.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38It's just more wondering just what she looks like.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40It's a long time to not meet somebody.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45The more I think about it, the more butterflies I get.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49Hopefully some good can come of it, it'll be nice.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Family is important. I believe family's important.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55You only get one chance at it.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07As Danielle arrives, Jacqueline is waiting nervously inside.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Hello.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Oh, hello! Wow!
0:41:13 > 0:41:14I knew you'd be tall!
0:41:16 > 0:41:18I knew you'd be tall!
0:41:19 > 0:41:22- Are you all right?- Yeah. - Come and sit.
0:41:25 > 0:41:26Do you want a tissue?
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Here.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32So, tell me about yourself.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35- Are you married?- Yeah. - You've got children?
0:41:35 > 0:41:38- Three.- Three? - Three boys, yeah.- Three boys.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40I've got one photo...
0:41:43 > 0:41:44..of my dad.
0:41:47 > 0:41:48That's the only one I've got.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55- That's him.- Yeah. - Yeah, that's David.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58It's amazing that Constance has brought us all together.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00I know, I know.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Like Danielle, Jacqueline had also lost touch with David
0:42:03 > 0:42:05and hadn't been aware of his death.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08I don't know what happened.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10I think they said he had a heart attack.
0:42:10 > 0:42:11- Really?- Yeah.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13- You don't actually know?- No.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16- I think he was 58 when he died. - Yeah.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20They may have lost touch, but Jacqueline has some fond memories
0:42:20 > 0:42:21of her brother.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23He loved his animals.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25I've got animals. I've got two dogs.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29- I've got a sausage dog. - They sound lovely.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31I've got a cocker spaniel and I've got a snake.
0:42:31 > 0:42:32- A snake?- Yeah.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37She wasn't nothing like I expected.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39To be honest, I didn't know what I expected.
0:42:39 > 0:42:40I thought she'd be taller.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Danielle said her sons want to meet me.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46They're excited cos obviously...
0:42:48 > 0:42:51..I'm Daniel's aunt, so they want to know more.
0:42:51 > 0:42:56It's been an emotional reunion and both Jacqueline and Danielle hope it
0:42:56 > 0:42:59will be the start of a much closer relationship.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01It was really nice and she's lovely.