I learned out of the blue about £75,000 windfall from relative I never knew I had – and it helped me find out the real truth about my father

A woman was left staggered after she received thousands of pounds in a shock windfall after she was tracked down when a long-lost relative died without a will.

Angela Lewis, 82, tragically died alone of dementia in a Surrey nursing home with those around her knowing very little about her family.