Mystery+Family+AF

1. His mother’s name was Empress Maria 2. She was born in Germany 3. He had four daughters a. One son b. The two youngest children were Alexei and Anastasia 4. He suffered from hemophilia disorder a. The symptoms are that his blood clots slowly and this delay causes severed bleeding. b. Her inherited this disorder from his mother Alexandra. 5. Her brother, her mother, and one of her sisters suffered from this disorder. 6. He abandoned his thrown in 1917. 7. Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks took full control and ruled the land. 8. There was a revolt against the government in favor of a Cabinet of Ministers 9. The House of Special Purpose was a place away from society where they were eventually executed. 10. The family of Nicholas II was killed just like Nicholas. 11. The family jewels were inserted into their clothing.

Part B 1. The burial site was in Yekaterinburg, Siberia. 2. They were not sure if remains of bodies found a ways off from the house was the Tsar and his family. b. We find out their gender c. We find out their race. d. We find out how many children they have had and their age. e. We can understand how old they were. 3. 9 skeletons b. 11 died in the massacre 4. If they have a full-formed set of wisdom teeth then it shows that the person was 22 or older. If there is no wisdom teeth then they were younger than 21. b. If the rings have fused together then the person is at least 18 years. If they have not fused then they are 17 or younger. c. The female pelvis has a larger opening that allows the baby skull to pass through. Males have a much smaller one. 5. The first skeleton is 22 or older and a male; the second is the same; the third is 21 years or younger but older than 18 and a female; the fourth is 22 years or older and a male; the fifth is 22 years or older and a female; the sixth is 21 or younger but older than 18 and a female; the seventh is 22 or older and a female; the eighth is 22 or older and a male; the ninth is 22 or older and a female. 6. Prince Alexei and Princess Anastasia b. This was found out because no bones under the age of 18 were recovered. 7. Because the bones have been frozen and thawed over 75 years and good DNA could be extracted. 9. mDNA is found in organelles of the cell called mitochondria. DNA is inside the nucleus of a cell that carries genetic information. Both carry genetic information. 10. mtDNA is inherited from the mother 11. The children inherited their mDNA from their mother only. b. That person got their DNA from their parents. c. No he does not have the same DNA as his children because he inherited his mDNA from his mother. He did not pass on the mDNA to his children. 12. They can be traced back to Queen Victoria. b. Prince Philip of England still has the exact DNA. 14. Skeleton 9 belonged to the nurse because it does not match that of Prince Philip’s. 15. Because he is a maternal relative that is alive that has the same mtDNA. 16. He has the same mDNA as Tsar Nicholas II. 17. Skeletons 1, 2, 8 belong to the royal staff members because of the historical record that proves this. 18. Her mDNA is an exact match to the sequence from the female skeletons recovered in Yekaterinberg. 19. Anderson’s mDNA is an exact match of Carl Maucher’s. 21. From years past she has a procedure done and then recovered some of her tissue, which had DNA in it. b. No they were not the same person because they DNA did not match up. c. The two bodies were cremated and their DNA destroyed.