Only matching 8 words makes it seem like a lost cause though, since in that case the extended word list would have to be huge. I will ask his other family, maybe somebody helped him set this up and he forgot to add their name. Otherwise let me know if there are other words lists I can try.
Go to this word list and check if each of those 32 words has a match in this list; old Blockchain.info word list:
archive.orgIf matched, it's an old "
Blockchain.info" wallet 'walletid and password' recovery phrase which can be restored here:
login.blockchain.com/wallet/recover-walletHowever, you'll also need to have access to the email address associated with the account for login authentication and recovery purposes.
All the words match perfectly! Thanks for the suggestion, I would not have found this on my own. The fact that it is on wayback machine... makes it especially hard. So thanks for the suggestion! Wow, it's a wordlist of 65591 words that is very intimidating. The one word I couldnt check of course is the one illegible word (or I should really say missing word).
Thanks this at least seems to be the right direction! I will have to find out if my aunt still has access to his email addresses. But it might not even matter, since the one missing word could matter if we need to reset the account.