[kalee]

Same here, why did they allow the first burial if they do not think it was the Tzar, his wife and daughters?

[wagglebee]

It was Prince Philip's DNA that was used to confirm the remains of Alexandra and the children, the remains of Nicholas were confirmed with DNA from living Romanovs and blood on a shirt he was known to be wearing when he was attacked in Japan as a young man. I have no idea why the Orthodox Church would suggest otherwise.