I found the root key that i used to recover the wallet, i downloaded the whole blockchain that took several days only to see a 0 bal at the end.
Root key?
If you have a root key, it should be an Armory wallet.
I then extracted the BIP39 that i imported into electrum, again which showed 0 bal, but also showed movement of the funds not long after i setup the wallet.
How did you get the BIP39 seed phrase? Bitcoin core doesn't support seed phrase.
It seems that you are confusing different wallets with each other.