A care worker has inherited one of Britain's finest country estates after a DNA test proved he was the illegitimate son of the aristocratic owner who died there. Jordan Adlard Rogers, 31, from Helston in Cornwall, has moved in to the lavish 1536-acre National Trust Penrose Estate after the death of 62-year-old Charles Rogers. The community support worker had suspicions the aristocrat was his father from the age of eight but a DNA test was not carried out until Charles' death 23 years later. Jordan Adlard Rogers' dad Charles Rogers, who passed away before he confirmed they were relatedHe was reportedly malnourished, neglected personal hygiene and rarely changed his clothes in the months leading up to his death. 'The Rogers family gave the National Trust 46 cottages and a couple of farms and now the Rogers Family Trust produces income for the life tenant.'

Source: Daily Mail May 20, 2019 16:55 UTC