Anastasia's remains found- Page 2

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 11:34am

Here's the scientific study, a bizarre mix of history and mumbo-jumbo.

In the summer of 2007, a group of amateur archeologists discovered a collection of remains from the second grave approximately 70 meters from the larger grave. We report forensic DNA testing on the remains discovered in 2007 using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), autosomal STR, and Y- STR testing. Combined with additional DNA testing of material from the 1991 grave, we have virtually irrefutable evidence that the two individuals recovered from the 2007 grave are the two missing children of the Romanov family: the Tsarevich Alexei and one of his sisters.
Mystery Solved: The Identification of the Two Missing Romanov Children Using DNA Analysis

[Paul W. Thompson]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 12:01pm

And why are we not talking about the broadway musical "Anya?"

Bottom line--the story of the real Anastasia and story of the real Anna Anderson will both fade, and the myth that Anastasia survived will survive in fairy tale format. Ahrens and Flaherty were just ahead of the curve!!

[KrissySim]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 1:58pm

Come to think of it, Paul W. Thompson, I could swear I saw Elvis just the other day. The day after after that silver ball in a cloud of flames landed. Remember those fireballs in the sky?

And where is Amelia Mary Earhart today?

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 2:21pm

So does that make Ingrid Bergman's career built on a foundation of lies?

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 2:33pm

Have they ever found Brendan Stryker's remains?

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 3:01pm

I thought they were the centerpiece of Dollypop's shrine.

[KrissySim]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 4:00pm

re best12bars and Paul W. Thompson (being a little more serious than my previous post) I'm wondering if the persistence of the Anastasia myth is not only to do with the fact that people love myths, especially ones that have a hint of mystery to them, but also that people wanted to believe this particular myth. The assassination of the entire family was so brutal and inhumane (and it's too bad it didn't alert Russia to the true nature of the Bolshevik party, the Bolshevik revolution remains the worst thing to ever happen in Russian history). Perhaps the myth lasted so long because people wanted to believe that someone (innocent) escaped the brutality.

[tazber]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 4:10pm

I have no idea what all this nonsense is about. Anastacia is alive and well and still recording.


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[KrissySim]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 4:32pm

She looks pretty darn good for a 108 year old woman, taz. Wonder if she'll marry Elvis.

[Paul W. Thompson]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 4:38pm

Thank you, Krissy, for giving some creedence and thoughfulness to my gut feeling about this, which I had no reasoning behind. Yes, the legend will live on, because people need to believe it and they find some subconscious reassuance in it.

[Scripps2]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 4:57pm

"the story of the real Anastasia and story of the real Anna Anderson will both fade"

The latter may, but the former won't fade because it is history and not a story. Similarly a King with six wives is still the subject of fascination 500 years later.

[nmartin]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 5:19pm

I agree with Scripps. The story of Nicholas and Alexandra will not fade. Anna Anderson will be a footnote at best, albeit a fascinating one.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 3/13/09 at 11:48pm

The story of Anna Anderson has begun to fade. If you speak to the many people under 30, you must explain who Anna Anderson. Yet if you mention the name Anastasia, people first think of the Romanovs.

Reading the eye witness account of what happened in that room during the massacre is quite gut wrenching.

[TimeSquare3]

Posted: 3/14/09 at 12:03am

We actually watched a video about Anna Anderson in my Forensics class last semester.

[nmartin]

Posted: 3/14/09 at 4:49am

Time, was it the Nova special from PBS?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/14/09 at 11:27am

Somewhere along the line Prince Charles submitted a DNA sample. It seems that he has Romanoff blood in him. (All those Royals and their inbreeding!)

[nmartin]

Posted: 3/14/09 at 11:42am

Prince Philip is the one who submitted a dna blood sample. His great aunt was Tsarina Alexandra, Nicholas' wife.

[TimeSquare3]

Posted: 3/14/09 at 12:40pm

I think it was Nova.