Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Ohio

Step-Child to receive no inheritance

My grandma died in 6/04. Grandpa died 6/05. They had no children together, however, my grandma had one son, my dad, from a previous marriage. My g-ma and g-pa got married when my dad was only 4 so he is the only dad my dad has ever had and the only grandpa me and my 3 sisters have ever had. My grandpa had very little contact with his blood relatives but we are being told that all of his $1,000,000 estate will go to his blood relatives, including what was my grandma's. (because she died first, apparently everything became his so now we have no rights to her stuff either?) This seems absurd to me that my grandpa verbally told us and several others of his intent to leave everything to us 4 granddaughters but now we are being told from his family's attorney that we are wasting our time and we won't get anything because we are not blood. Isn't there any way to contest this and convince a court otherwise? I can't believe his family whom he did not even like is going to inherit what we know he intended for us! I know we could prove to a court his intent but can we even legally do this? There has to be a way to get what we know is rightfully ours, including my grandma's stuff.

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