The Romanovs - The Last Russian Royal Family
In July 1991, nine bodies were exhumed from a shallow grave just outside Ekaterinburg, Russia. Circumstantial evidence, along with mitochondrial DNA sequencing and matches, gave strong evidence to the remains being those of the Romanovs, the last Russian Royals who were executed on July 18, 1918. The following sequences for Tsar Nicholas II, his cousin, Count Nicholai Trubetskoy, Tsarina Alexandra, and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, are taken from Bryan Sykes book, "The Seven Daughters of Eve."
Name Haplo mtDNA Sequence
Tsar Nicholas Romanov T 16126C, 16169Y*, 16294T, 16296T 73G, 263G, 315.1C
Count Trubetskoy T 16126C, 16169Y, 16294T, 16296T 73G, 263G, 315.1C
*The Tsar's sequence contains a new mutation at position 169, a state referred to as heteroplasmy - the existence of more than one mitochondrial type in the cells of an individual, i.e., the presence of both normal and mutant mtDNA in a single individual. The remains of his brother, Grand Duke of Russia, Georgij Romanov were exhumed, and the results were identical to the Tsar's, including the heteroplasmy at 16169Y. Mitosearch: DQR2R
Name Haplo mtDNA Sequence
Tsarina Alexandra H 16111T, 16357C 263G, 315.1C
Prince Philip H 16111T, 16357C 263G, 315.1C
Tsarina Alexandra, the three children buried with her, and Prince Philip's mitochondrial DNA were an exact match on 740 tested nucleotides. Mitosearch: 2ZACX
Stanford University's, Alec Knight's 2003 paper, "Molecular, forensic and haplotypic inconsistencies regarding the identity of the Ekaterinburg remains" presents a conclusion that the identity of the Ekaterinburg remains has not been established.
(FYI, mtDNA haplogroup H is the most common in Europe.)
A truly handsome royal family unlike some that remain today.
This is not passing the smell test.
I am not so sure about that--the ending part.
Scientist: DNA Disputes Russian Tsar Remains
Discovery News | 7-14-2004
Posted on 07/14/2004 12:04:34 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1171242/posts
Alexei and Maria Romanov: I Possibly Know Where Bones Are in Russia
Posted on 12/25/2005 5:58:41 PM EST by GermanBusiness
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546954/posts
Remains of Czar Nicholas II’s Son May Have Been Found
FOXNews.com | August 24, 2007 | Associated Press
Posted on 08/24/2007 6:54:00 AM EDT by NCDragon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885842/posts
Remains may be children of last czar
Yahoo | 9/28 | Mike Eckel
Posted on 09/28/2007 8:47:14 PM EDT by darkangel82
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1903835/posts
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Russian Court Rules on Czar’s Killing
AP | 11/09/07 | BAGILA BUKHARBAYEVA
Posted on 11/11/2007 4:44:53 PM EST by Tailgunner Joe
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924277/posts
“Russia’s highest court on Thursday refused to recognize the executed last czar Nicholas II and his family as victims of political repression — a ruling Kremlin critics said was dictated by the government’s reluctance to condemn the bloodiest chapters of the country’s Communist past.”
Cleon Skoussen covered this history nice in his book the Naked Communist. This book is out of print but shows up on Amazon or eBay now and then. I really recommend efforts to find and read it.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1235065/posts
EXCERPTS FROM NAKED COMMUNIST
This might be hard to believe, but two words are noticeably absent from this story. Those words are communist and communism.
Sidebar:
RE: A nice book (and plenty expensive according to Amazon.com!) that I
checked out from the local library a few months ago.
(Good thing I didn’t lose it!)
The book has a lot of nice photos of the jewels and some of the Faberge
Easter Eggs; there’s also a bit about the “missing” jewels...
the ones that didn’t go on sale when the Commies were trying to raise
money a few years after The Revolution.
And haven’t yet been found/accounted for.
Jewels of the Tsars: The Romanovs and Imperial Russia
by Prince Michael of Greece
http://www.amazon.com/Jewels-Tsars-Romanovs-Imperial-Russia/dp/086565171X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195952337&sr=1-1
The girl on the far right looks like someone I’ve seen before, but cannot place where. May be an actress...or may be one of my relatives.