For background my grandfather was very generous to me and my siblings, when he died I was late teens and my mum told me he died without a will therefore everything went to her and her brother, she gave me and my siblings about £1,000 each out of her inheritance. I don’t know the size of his estate but I’d estimate around £250k.
Today my uncle told me, as part of another story, that when he did probate for my grandfather they’d had to track down the witness to his will and it had been a bit difficult because they’d moved etc.
Later on I said offhandedly that I thought grandfather hadn’t left a will, did they find one in the end? And uncle denied there being a will and said they did probate without so I just left it and started talking about something else, but it got me thinking so I looked on the probate website and there is a probate certificate with will, I can pay £10 for a copy.
Should I request a copy and find out if I was supposed to inherit or leave it to keep good family relations? My mum has spent all the money so even if I was supposed to inherit I doubt there’s any money left to give me.