Update not available for Final Cut Pro X

My dad installed Final Cut Pro for me in 2010-2009, and we later updated it to Final Cut Pro X in 2012. I'm 16 now, and I use the app a lot to splice and add effects for visual media and such.
My dad downloaded Yosemite recently, and now it wont let me use FCPX anymore. I have version 10.0.6, which is apparently too old to run on the system anymore!
I thought I'd just go update it, but there was no update available on the Mac App Store. I searched the app store for FCPX, and found it available for its regular price, even though the app is already installed. I wanted to do the re-download trick a lot of people are talking about, but it wont show up in my purchases section either. I check my father's account for the purchase as well, and it was still missing.
I dont feel like we got FCPX off the app store originally. My dad claims he may have downloaded a bootleg originally, but I dont think that makes sense if we were able to update it before to X, and the loading screen states that the application was licensed to my father.
Any ideas?

I've tried logging into both accounts, and the content is not there. I may ask if theres possibly another account to check though.

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