I verified that a half sibling of my ancestor died in PA without leaving a will. She left surviving her two full siblings. However, she also had many "half siblings", all of whom probably predeceased her, all of them having the same father but a different mother. She owned real estate, and died childless. My question is, will it be worth having someone check out her estate in the latter 1800's? My ancestor was a half sibling to her, and I want to know his other full siblings and their families and their names. Would the PA law of that time require a distribution to the surviving heirs of all the half siblings, or will it distribute 100% to the surviving full siblings only?? Richard

My guess would be that unless it was the father who was the parent of all the children, not much chance of inheriting unless the husband died first and the wife left a will. They still would have had to have the same father. Inheritances without a will were through the man. He owned even the wife's property at that time unless there were other documents to support his letting her keep her property. This information is only from what records and experience I have had with my own families I am researching. Pat Morano ----- Original Message ----- From: <Rricabee@aol.com> To: <PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 6:23 PM Subject: Inheritance through "half siblings" >I verified that a half sibling of my ancestor died in PA without leaving a > will. She left surviving her two full siblings. However, she also had > many > "half siblings", all of whom probably predeceased her, all of them having > the > same father but a different mother. She owned real estate, and died > childless. My question is, will it be worth having someone check out her > estate in > the latter 1800's? My ancestor was a half sibling to her, and I want to > know > his other full siblings and their families and their names. Would the > PA > law of that time require a distribution to the surviving heirs of all the > half > siblings, or will it distribute 100% to the surviving full siblings > only?? > > Richard >