Probate advice

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Hi, I wonder if someone, anyone can offer some sound advice. Here's the back story.
A few years back when doing my family tree I found out that my mother's biological father (who was told not to contact her by my nan is not named on her birth cert - he died in 1986) left is estate to his nephew (lets call him John) who was living with him. Over the last few years I had contacted John (my mum's cousin) and he told me various stories and gave photos etc. He had no living children and didn't marry.
He passed away in December 2022. I only found this out when I went to the house to see him and found that two people were clearing the house. They told me that his 2nd cousin was the executor of the will and he was sorting it out and that all the items in the house had either been given away or scrapped. I have today found that the 2nd cousin has put an advert in the Gazette for probate. Does this mean that there wasn't a will? If there wasn't a will I know my mother would have to do a DNA test to prove she is related but she doesn't want to go through this process. I also seems to me that on my biological grandfather's death bed he was made to sign everything to John as the date of the document was the day before he died (in 1986) and my grandfather's signature was very shaky and the 2nd cousin to John was the executor.
Any help or peace of mind would be welcomed.
A few years back when doing my family tree I found out that my mother's biological father (who was told not to contact her by my nan is not named on her birth cert - he died in 1986) left is estate to his nephew (lets call him John) who was living with him. Over the last few years I had contacted John (my mum's cousin) and he told me various stories and gave photos etc. He had no living children and didn't marry.
He passed away in December 2022. I only found this out when I went to the house to see him and found that two people were clearing the house. They told me that his 2nd cousin was the executor of the will and he was sorting it out and that all the items in the house had either been given away or scrapped. I have today found that the 2nd cousin has put an advert in the Gazette for probate. Does this mean that there wasn't a will? If there wasn't a will I know my mother would have to do a DNA test to prove she is related but she doesn't want to go through this process. I also seems to me that on my biological grandfather's death bed he was made to sign everything to John as the date of the document was the day before he died (in 1986) and my grandfather's signature was very shaky and the 2nd cousin to John was the executor.
Any help or peace of mind would be welcomed.
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