A care worker has inherited one of Britain's finest country estates after a DNA test proved he was the illegitimate son of the aristocratic owner who died there.
Jordan Adlard Rogers, 31, from Helston in Cornwall, has moved in to the lavish 1536-acre National Trust Penrose Estate, estimated to be worth £50m, after the death of 62-year-old Charles Rogers.
The community support worker had suspicions the aristocrat was his father from the age of eight but a DNA test was not carried out until Charles' death 23 years later.
Despite his father offering to complete a DNA test when he was younger it didn't happen and when Jordan was 18 he was told to go through a solicitor.
But, when Charles was found dead in his car on the estate in August 2018 at the age of 62, a test was finally carried out that confirmed they were related.
Jordan Adlard Rogers, 31, from Helston, Cornwall, says he had spent several years trying to prove Charles Rogers was his real father
And, with Charles' mother and brother also having passed away, Jordan was left as heir to the grand estate.
He has now moved in and said he is immersing himself in his new way of life and his newfound family's history.
The Rogers family have lived on the site between Helston and Porthleven in Cornwall for generations, gifting it to the National Trust in 1974 in exchange for a 1,000-year lease to continue living there.
Jordan, who has now left his job as a community support worker to live off the proceeds of the estate, said he can't believe how much his life has changed since the DNA test came back positive.
He said: '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. I was 18 so had other priorities at the time.
He has now moved into the estate and said he is immersing himself in his new way of life and his newfound family's history
Jordan, who has recently had a son with his partner Katie, said he has learned of a number of factors that he believes resulted in his father's descent into drug addiction. Pictured, the house on Penrose Estate
'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.
'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.'
The Grade II listed manor has an irregular square plan and a small courtyard.
It's current value is unknown but the estate as a whole is estimated to be worth £50million.
The 17th-century country house was constructed for the Penrose family - probably for John Penrose who died in 1679.
It was remodelled and extended from c. 1788 for John Rogers and c. 1832 for the Reverend John Rogers.
It was again extended 1863 by William Webb for John Jope Rogers and then remodelled in 1867.
A buttery was added in 1868 and the centre of the elevation towards Loe Pool rebuilt in 1927–28.
Jordan, who once broke his back in a trampoline stunt-gone-wrong that went viral, said he had to deal with some obstructive family members but he was finally able to get the test completed and Charles was confirmed as his father.
He added: 'I'm now starting to get my feet under the table here. 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. Maybe then he might have taken a different path.
'I don't need to work anymore so want to set up a charity and help the Porthleven and Helston communities.
'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.'
An inquest last week heard how Charles had
