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In **Texas Parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews **and others are heirs for the purpose of distributing the estate of the deceased if he died *intestate *and if the deceased had no spouse or children. Even if the deceased had a spouse but no children, the other relatives may be entitled to some of the property. The rule is, if you can't go down the family tree, you go up then out on to the branches to determine who inherits.
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