This is supposed to be a feel-good story, but there's a big question that goes without much notice.

A homeless Miami man who hadn't spoken to his family in nearly two decades was found Friday, after his family made public their effort to track him down and present him with a $50,000 inheritance.

Randy Chapman, 51, was last seen by his family 19 years ago. Back then, he demanded $1,000 to take a test to see whether he could provide a bone marrow transplant for his brother who suffered from leukemia.

He didn't match, and Chapman hadn't talked to them since. Throughout the years he had many run-ins with the police, but when his aunt Pearl Hauenstein died in 2000, she left him the money.

His cousin Mae Lou Howard hired a private detective to find him.

"I can't believe it," Chapman told The Miami Herald upon learning of his small fortune. "I don't even know her. I'm so grateful."

Chapman appears to be a world-class jackass; demanding money to take a bone marrow test. It almost makes you wonder how much money he would've demanded had he been a match.

However, he obviously needs the cash, because he's not earning much money on his own.

Chapman found out about the search and money while at his job as a picketer for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters union. He earns about $20 a day.

He pickets for a union, but they only pay him $20 a day -- I hope that's only for an hour's work.