Hi Everyone. I'm back from Australia. I had a great time but while there my friends husband asked me to solve a family mystery. I've tried everything I can think of and I was hoping someone on this list might have some thoughts. Thomas Newman, born Aug. 2, 1931 in Alexandria Egypt to an English Mother and Father. He also had a God Mother named Nevart Nizamian, an Egyptian of Armenian descent. In 1994 she wrote to him from a hotel in Paris called Elys'ees-Star at 63, Rue Galilee, Paris, France 5008 phone number 0147204173. This was the last letter he was to receive from her, and in it she said she was concerned about her financing, that her soliciters were taking her money. You see, Nevart was worth quite a lot of money, and Thomas Newman was in her Will as the beneficiary. She died shortly after that in 1994 but he does not know where. Since that time no one has contacted him, and he has been unable to trace a Will. He knows she had friends in Montreal, Canada and she had an appartment building in Paris and a Scholss (?) in Vienna. I searched on the web and found nothing on Nevart Nizamian. I did find a legal firm in Los Angeles called Nizamian & Nizamian with an email address. I wrote to the address and asked for information on Nevart Nizamian who died 1994. Raffi Nizamian wrote back that they knew of Nevart and that she had passed away in 1993-94 but they did not recognize the address of the Hotel in Paris. I wrote back giving them more details about Tom's claim to the inheritance and three days later I wrote again asking for more information. Raffi Nizamian wrote back a not very nice letter saying it wasn't the same Nevart Nizamian and he couldn't help me. I felt it was kind of strange that one minute he knew her, and the next (after learning there was a claiment to the estate) he doesn't know her and can't help me. That's really weird, since they are a law firm and I'm starting to believe that they were the soliciters of the Will. Then it occured to me that they were muslims and perhaps the estate was stolen to support terrorism and perhaps I should contact homeland security. Please, is there anyone out there that can help solve this mystery? Renee L. Waring