WITH the vaccine rollout expanding to all adults aged over-18 in the UK, new research has revealed that Bradford residents are among the most likely to start post-pandemic life with an inherited fortune they didn’t know about.

Probate genealogy firm, Anglia Research, more commonly known as “heir hunters”, has produced an index of the UK cities and boroughs where the most people have died intestate – and where no rightful heir has been found.

Using the Government’s official Bona Vacantia List (Latin for vacant or unclaimed goods), Anglia Research found Birmingham has a staggering 187 unclaimed estates, over 50 more than Camden which was in second place.

With each estate being potentially worth thousands, some Birmingham residents could be set to inherit a substantial sum of money from a family member they didn’t know they were related to.

The top three locations – Birmingham, Camden and Leeds – remain unchanged from the last quarter, but Lambeth, which has ranked fourth last quarter, has dropped to 13th after the number of unclaimed estates in the borough dropped to 54.

Bradford is in fourth place with 76 unclaimed estates during the fourth quarter of 2020, up from sixth after 90 estates were unclaimed during the third quarter of 2020.