Might you be heir to a long-lost Irish relative?

Imagine getting a call to notify you about a distant relative who died without a will and you've been tracked down through official records. It could happen! 

Finders International--with offices in Dublin, London, Edinburgh and Australia--is a company of probate researchers or "heir hunters." A company official was quoted as saying, "People in the US aren't hugely interested in the inheritance they get, but the beneficiaries are really interested in finding out about the rest of their family because we can give people a family tree that tells them the story of their grandparents or their great-grandparents."

A recent IrishCentral article provides fodder for daydreams.