A man from Cornwall, England went from being a struggling care worker to being a lord of a $60 million estate in just a few days after a DNA test proved he was the rightful heir.

Though Jordan Adlard-Rogers, 31, spent years living paycheck to paycheck, he had long suspected that his father was British aristocrat Charles Rogers, who lived on the nearby Penrose Estate. Without a DNA test or Charles admitting it, however, there was no way to prove this. After learning that Charles had died, Jordan decided to give the DNA test one more try, and sure enough, he was his son after all!

Afterwards, Jordan was given Penrose, a sprawling 1,536-acre country estate that Charles left behind. In addition, he $1,300 per week from the Rogers Family Trust fund, meaning he no longer has to work.

“I haven’t been here long and don’t know all the ins and outs but have been able to piece some of the puzzle together,” Jordan said. “Charles never actually lived in the estate. He lived in one of the estate’s farmhouses as his mum lived here, so he never got the chance to inherit it. They died two weeks apart and his brother was also in line to live in the estate before him.”

Charles struggled with drug addiction all his life, and Jordan has thought a lot about that since his death.

“There was always a pressure of him trying to match expectation. His brother was a RAF pilot and his dad a lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy so he had big shoes to fill. He was under huge pressure taking it on, but he was different and a free spirit,” Jordan said. “Charles served in the Army in Northern Ireland and I think this affected him greatly along with the death of his brother Nigel from cancer who he was very close to.”

Jordan tried to connect with his father many times, but he was never able to do so.

“He offered to do a DNA test when I was younger but it didn’t happen and then when I was 18 I knocked on his door and asked if I could have the test and he told me to do it through the solicitors,” he recounted. “I was 18 so had other priorities at the time.”

“I wrote more letters in my twenties but never got a reply, then three years ago I got in contact with power of attorney Philip Care,” Jordan added. “Philip said Charles didn’t want to do the test, so I wrote one final letter with a DNA test kit enclosed and that was when Philip rang and told me Charles was dead.”

Jordan went on to say that he wants to use his new wealth to help people.

“I don’t need to work anymore so want to set up a charity and help the Porthleven and Helston communities,” Jordan said of the two nearby towns, one of which he grew up in, he said. “I’ve been at the point of worrying about the next bill and have had a tough start in life but now I’m here I want to help people. I’m not going to forget where I’ve come from.”

Though everyone says he’s lucky, Jordan would trade it all just to have his father back.

“People say I’m lucky but I would trade anything to be able to go back and for Charles to know I was his son,” he said. “Maybe then he might have taken a different path.”