I've shortened this story to make it easier to get through but I'm interested to see if anyone has any thoughts.
My great-aunt owned quite a large farm and my mum was her closest living relative. The Great Aunt decided to leave the farm in her will to other more distant relatives as they were male and she did not want a woman to inherit. All well and good, after all it was hers to do what she wished with it. She told mum about this in the 80s, so mum knew anyway.
Since then, my mum died 6 years ago and GA died 2 years ago. My family and I were surprised to discover that my grandfather had owned 50 acres of that farm since the 50s. He died in the early 80s and this is where everything gets hazy. He left a wife behind who we think died mid-eighties. What we know for sure is that after his death, the land was put back in my great- aunt's name. It all seems quite dodgy. Either, his wife gave/sold it to them or she didn't even know that he owned it and the Great aunt and uncle sneakily changed it anyway. I know that if that was the case, we would have no case, as it's impossible to prove what happened. However, there is a possibility that the land was 'signed over' after his wife died, in which case it's a clear case of fraud. The thing is, I'm not sure when exactly she died. I want to find this out and get some justice for granddad and our family. Does anyone know how we could proceed? His wife died in Northern Ireland.