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"Anyone can publish an article about a historical figure claiming something has been 'proved', but without disclosing the scientific procedures involved, no one is obligated to believe it."

Yet, you're willing to believe something, someone claimed back in 1945.

Anna Anderson (born Franziska Schanzkowska) claimed she was Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia, and the myth lasted for years. When they found and dug up the partial remains of the Romanovs, they sequenced their DNA, and compared it to part of Anderson's intestine that had been stored since surgery in 1979. They were able to extract her mitochondrial DNA for comparison. It didn't match. They also recovered strands of Anderson's hair that her husband had kept, and tested it. Again, the DNA did not match. She was simply a nutcase imposter.

Yet, you're willing to believe something, someone claimed back in 1945.

No, I'm not willing to believe the Hitler's Nazi loyalists who all claimed that Hitler killed himself in 1945. An examination of the couch photos on which it was claimed he that he shot himself reveals no blood splatter consistent with a gun shot wound. Modern forensic investigations consider this. You want to engage in circuitous logic which starts with the conclusion that Hitler killed himself, and then cherry pick arguments that it was true. What examination tested the blood on the couch in 1945 using existing science to determine the blood type of the stains? What scientific methods were used in the study? How well preserved was the DNA after 70 years? How likely were they to get a false positive in comparing the couch DNA to Hitler's relatives? Why should this be treated differently scientifically than reports of DNA tests on Big Foot DNA? Because you want to believe it.

Lastly, if we know that this was Hitler's couch, then it would not be surprising that his DNA was found on it. He could have had some kind of non fatal wound that caused him to bleed on his couch. If his blood type were known, he could have planted his own blood there to aid faking his own death. That couch has a small amount of blood present on it for a fatal gunshot wound, and we have credible eye witness reports that Hitler lived after his alleged suicide.