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My attention was caught while browsing the net yesterday. It’s about a very heartwarming story, actually a rags to mega-riches story, of the two brothers from Hungary who are so poor and penniless but are set to become billionaires soon.

Mike Krumboltz wrote in the Yahoo Buzz yesterday about the saga of the two brothers Geza and Zslot Peladi.

Until recently, Geza and Zslot Peladi lived in a cave near Budapest. Completely destitute, the two cave-brothers earned money by gathering scrap metal and selling candy they found on the street.

But their pitiful existence has just changed the moment they heard that they stood to inherit a substantial portion of their maternal grandmother’s $6.6 billion fortune. Yes, that’s correct, $ 6.6 Billion!

According to an article from the New York Post, once the paperwork goes through, the two brothers will share the fortune with their sister in the United States.

While some folks who come into obscene amounts of money might buy a plane, throw a party, or commission large oil paintings of themselves, Geza Peladi has a more modest goal. He would like a “normal life” and to find a woman to share his fortune with.

Geza said: “If this all works out it will certainly make up for the life we have had until now – all we really had was each other – no women would look at us living in a cave.

Certainly it is hard to find a date or court a woman when you are living in a cave.

Geza added: “But with money maybe we can find a partner – and finally have a normal life. We don’t know yet if she even told our grandmother about us – I understand it was only while they were carrying out genealogical research that lawyers found we existed.”

A blog from Ananova features photos of the two brothers and explains their circumstances a bit more. They were told of their mother’s death by homeless charity workers.

Geza was quoted as saying that he knew his mother came from a wealthy family “but she was a difficult person and severed ties with them, and then later abandoned us and we lost touch with her and our father until she eventually died.”

Under German law, where the grandmother lived, the brothers (and their sister) will inherit the entire estate worth $ 6.6 Billion as they are the closest surviving family members.

Now the brothers are obtaining copies of their mother’s death certificate and proof of their family connection before travelling to Germany to claim their inheritance.

And we can presume that they will soon start living a very different kind of life, not in a cave anymore. Indeed, to live there is hope, for hope springs eternal.