The "heir hunters" of the Sixth send a millionaire inheritance to a Galician village

José is the unexpected lucky one who has received half a million euros that were part of the fortune of Tony, his grandfather's brother and famous in the United States for his work as a hairdresser to stars such as Sophia LorenAmara SantosOffered by:

Antonio, better known as Tony, was a man with Galician and Argentine roots who in the 1980s became well known in the United States for being "the hairdresser to the stars" (he came to deal with the famous Sophia Loren) and promote the term " unisex» in hairdressing salons with his wife. He recently passed away from coronavirus at the age of 70 in Miami, where he also worked for a time as a concierge at the Ritz Carlton hotel.

During his years as a hairdresser, his life was like a movie, rubbing shoulders with celebrities from the cinema and other fields and consequently managed to gather a millionaire fortune. Tony died a widower and childless, so his inheritance corresponded to his mother's family from Argentina and his brother from Galicia, who died before him, as did his son. For this reason, his millionaire inheritance would correspond to the offspring of his brother's son, that is, to José, a Galician living in the small Lugo village of Barrio (belonging to San Paio de Muradelle in Chantada and with just 150 inhabitants).

"Cazaherederos", the program that has premiered on the Sixth this week and which is headed by the journalist Jalis de la Serna, has had José as the protagonist in its first installment. The team has spent 22 years dedicating itself to finding the legitimate owners of inheritances that have not been resolved for years and they accepted this case as it was an international inheritance that they were able to pull the strings of thanks to the American journalist Nellie, a former client of Tony.

Half a million euros from the Big Apple to Galicia

Once the corresponding investigation has been carried out, de la Serna and his partner Sergio Gutiérrez, also an expert in the search and location of heirs of estates that have not been claimed for a long time, travel from Madrid to Galicia to try to deliver the inheritance. After some inconvenience, they get José's data and go to his house. At the family home they are received by their mother, Genoveva, and his wife, who initially do not look favorably on the program team and distrust the bizarre story they are told about the inheritance, although it is a proven reality and they have all the documentation that proves it.

After a few hours, Jose calls the journalist and his partner, who inform him that he is the heir to a millionaire fortune, which after some expenses for legal procedures would be 320,000 euros. "Is that in cash or in land?" José consulted upon receiving the unexpected news, at the same time that he remembered and concluded that he could come "from Cuba or Argentina" since he had relatives there. Finally, the Galician is convinced that what they tell him is true and he summons the team to his house the next day.

"My mother said that you were from a sect," José joked upon the arrival of the journalist and Gutiérrez, who explained to him that they are "genialogists and are in charge of checking to whom the inheritances correspond." "This only happens in the movies," said José's wife, who was present at that meeting and looked incredulously at the cameras.

"You are heir"

After 24 hours to digest the news and all the details that the Heirhunters team provided to the Galician, the lucky man finally accepts the inheritance and signs the corresponding papers. "We are handing over something that was going to be lost and surely the State or the American Court would stay," said Jalis de la Serna.

Likewise, José's mother recalled that Tony, the popular and millionaire hairdresser who became gold in the United States, "was in Galicia twice on vacation almost 40 years ago." "He was very good and educated, given the inheritance he must have done very well in life," she concluded, satisfied with the "pinch" that his son can now enjoy.