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My Mum would know already - but even assuming the 0% chance of being disproved, I'd still consider telling the truth in this case.
For me, the largeness/smallness of a lie depends on the relationship I have with the person, and the importance of the topic at hand. So I wont care about skimming over some detail with someone I've never met, but lying to my Mother about my family? That would be a lot harder to bear.
The real point I'm trying to make is that lies don't hurt the one you tell them to. They hurt the one who tells them. It would hurt me a whole lot to not tell my own Mother something like this days before she died - it would live with me for a long time, and I'd be upset about it.
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