Genealogists discover Massachusetts strangers are rightful heirs to $1.5 million estate in Ireland

Heirs of Mary Broderick receive stake of her estate, and new knowledge of nearby cousins

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Cousins Margaret Shaughnessy of Newton (left) and Patricia Shaughnessy Fontaine of West Roxbury grew up a few miles from each other but met for the first time last year.

Photo by Video still from “Dead Money”

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“She shared her stories about Mary with us,” Schiavone said. “It made it better; it wasn’t just this random check from somebody we didn’t even know. . . . You can put a face to somebody now, because we really didn’t know anything about Mary, except that she passed away and she had this home. It made it more tangible for us.”

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