After DNA Test Confirms He's Aristocrat's Son, Struggling Care Worker Inherits $60 Million Estate

Dec 01, 2022 by apost team

Most of us — at least those of us with normal lives — have fantasized about winning the lottery or inheriting the fortune of an estranged family member at one time or another. It’s rare, however, that such fantasies come true.

One young man in Cornwall, England, really did experience what may be one of the most significant changes of fortune in history back in 2019. The man went from struggling from his job as a care worker to learning he was the sole heir to a $60 million estate.

Cornwall Live reported that then 31-one-year-old care worker Jordan Adlard-Rogers had never known a lavish lifestyle. Life for him has been lived paycheck to paycheck, and there were often worries regarding the next set of bills. But Jordan had reason to believe that Charles Rogers, a British aristocrat, was his father. However, without DNA proof or the admission of Rogers, he could not prove his suspicion.

Jordan learned that Charles had died in August 2018. He requested a DNA test, and it was granted. He learned his suspicions were correct; Charles was indeed his father. Jordan could not believe his good fortune when the keys to his father's 1,500-acre Penrose estate were handed over to him. The Rogers Family Trust Fund also provides him with a weekly allowance between £300 to £1,000 ($404 to $1,348), according to Cornwall Live. Jordan said it was difficult to get used to the reality that he no longer had to work for a living.

Read on to learn more about this astonishing estate.

“I don’t need to work anymore so want to set up a charity and help the Porthleven and Helston communities,” Jordan told Cornwall Live in 2019.

“I’ve been at the point of worrying about the next bill and have had a tough start in life but now I’m here I want to help people. I’m not going to forget where I’ve come from,” he added.

The estimated worth of Penrose Estate is $60 million. The Rogers family first purchased the estate in 1771 and have lived there ever since.

According to Cornwall Live, Jordan has suspected that he was Charles’ son from a young age, as his father offered to conduct a DNA test.

“He offered to do a DNA test when I was younger but it didn’t happen and then when I was 18 I knocked on his door and asked if I could have the test and he told me to do it through the solicitors. I was 18 so had other priorities at the time,” Jordan told Cornwall Live.

“I wrote more letters in my twenties but never got a reply, then three years ago I got in contact with power of attorney Philip Care. Philip said Charles didn’t want to do the test so I wrote one final letter with a DNA test kit enclosed and that was when Philip rang and told me Charles was dead,” he added.

Although Jordan met some resistance from some family members, he was eventually able to get the DNA test results that confirmed his relationship as Charles’ son.

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Charles was the most recent lord of the estate before his death in August 2018 at the age of 62. Rogers, who struggled with his addictions since early adulthood, died of a drug overdose, according to Cornwall Live.

“Charles had become incapable of doing anything that was at all stressful. He wouldn’t pay his bills and although we were there to help him manage his affairs he just ignored anything and post was just burned,” said Phillip Care, the man who managed the estate prior to Charles’ death.

“He had a free spirit lifestyle. He went and roamed a little bit, lived at Rosudgeon Common for a while. His parents then provided a couple of properties for him, one to live in and one to holiday let, and it never happened because he couldn’t be asked, basically,” Care explained in an interview with Cornwall Live.

Although inheriting the estate was no doubt life-changing for Jordan, he told Cornwall Live that he would much rather have prevented his father’s death.

“People say I’m lucky but I would trade anything to be able to go back and for Charles to know I was his son. Maybe then he might have taken a different path,” Jordan said.

Jordan planned to move into the estate with his wife, Katie, and his then 5-week-old son, Joshua, back in May 2019, according to the Daily Mail.

However, an Instagram post from December 2019 showed the home was not in great condition, as he said the national trust could “not be bothered to keep up the maintenance,” resulting in leaks and issues with the roof.

But, in 2021, Jordan seemed to be in better spirits and posted a photo with the caption: “#kingofmycastle.”

Have you ever heard such a rag-to-riches story? Let us know — and be sure to pass this unbelievable story on to friends and family members.