An Australian partner firm asked us to find possible legitimate heirs of a Greek man who had emigrated to Australia. We knew the legator’s place of origin, a small village on the southern coast of Greece where he had worked as a shepherd until emigrating, as well as his date of birth.

We called the local authorities and soon found out that he had had a brother. According to the mayor, this brother had also emigrated, but nobody knew where he had gone. Approximately one week after our telephone conversation with the mayor we were contacted by a Greek man who had emigrated to Germany and who referred to our discussion with the mayor. This man said that the legator’s brother had moved near to Budapest where he had changed his name.

Thanks to the active support of the Greek Embassy in Hungary we were able to trace the new name of the brother and finally located him without too much trouble in a village near Budapest. The heir hadn’t heard from his brother in 50 years and, despite the sad news about his brother’s death, was happy to find out about the latter’s last whereabouts. («)