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A woman who was abandoned by her dad has suddenly discovered she has inherited all his land and property in Italy.
Amy Fabris, 49, said her mother was left penniless when her dad, Giampietro, left her while pregnant and returned to his native Italy after kidnapping her older brother.
Decades went by without contact and Amy, from Bournemouth, had never met her father. Then, in 2020, the dental nurse was told he had died aged 72 from coronavirus, the Mirror reports.
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Giampietro had been living in Wembley, north west London, when he passed away. And, as he did not leave a will, Brent Council hired a firm called Finders International to track down his relatives.
Her father was unmarried at the time of his death, which meant Amy and her brother were entitled to all of his assets - including land and a flat located in Vicenza, between Venice and Verona in Italy.
Amy and her mother had been living in Zimbabwe when her father abandoned them and had no idea he was living in the UK - and just a 90 minute drive away - until after he died and she was contacted by the probate genealogy firm.
“We were shocked to hear our dad was living in the same country as us, decades after no contact," Amy said. "He was unknown and the memories that existed were not pleasant. My father only brought hardship to my mother’s life having left us penniless when I was born.”
The Italian estate has been transferred to Amy and her brother - but it’s going to be a lengthy process, involving local solicitors in Italy, before she receives any money. The costs so far on the Italian side are
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A woman whose father walked out on her before she was born was shocked to discover she’s in line to inherit his land and property in Italy. Dental nurse Amy Fabris told how her pregnant mum was left penniless when her dad Giampietro kidnapped her older brother and fled to his native country.
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