My father has recently died and I believe has left all his money (less than £20k) to my stepmother, who predeceased him by a few weeks. They were both elderly widows when they married 12 years ago. If this is the case, will his estate now pass through her line to her children, or will it come to my father's next of kin (myself and my siblings). His will was a do-it-yourself type, and I believe he thought that he would die first, therefore made no provision for what would happen should his wife die before him. His verbal wish, and his belief, is that his natural children will now inherit. Will this be the case? This is in England.