We've all read or heard stories about long lost relatives leaving huge secret inheritances, whether it is popular fiction or in real life - and sometimes, it requires detective work. One man, turned heir hunter, has carved out an international business by putting people together with forgotten fortunes that they inherited through the death of a relative who died intestate. Or, in other words, without a will. It wasn't always easy though. There was a time when genealogists were not taken seriously – mainly because little was known about the profession. Therefore Danny Curran, founder of Finders International, had no choice but to start his business from scratch using three credit cards as no bank would finance him.