The+Romanov+Family+RY

=PART A=

1. The Tsar's mother's name was Empress Maria.

2. Alexander was born in Germany.

3.     a. They had 4 daughters. b. They had 1 son. c. Anastasia and Alexei were their two youngest children.

4.    a. Alexei suffered from hemophilia. b. The blood clots much slower than normal in a hemophiliac. c. He inherited the disease from Alexandra.

5. Frederick, Henry, and Waldemar all were afflicted with the disorder.

6. I watched the four movie clips.

7. He abdicated his throne in 1917.

8.    a. Vladimir Lenin took control of Russia. b. The Communist party overthrew the Tsars. c. The people were impoverished and wanted a new leader.

9.    a. The Ipatiev House was where the Tsar and his family were imprisoned after the Communists took control. b. The Tsar, along with his family, were executed in July of 1918 without a trial.

10.      a. A doctor, a nurse, and two servants were also executed. b. The family jewels made some of the bullets ricochet off of their corsets.

PART B
1. It was supposed that they were buried in Yekaterinburg, Siberia.

2.   a. There was dispute among Russian scientists, so it was decided that an American team of scientists was needed to accurately evaluate the bodies of the exececuted persons. b.       1. Ridges and thick muscular insertions: gender 2. Orbits of the eye and mandilla and maxilla of the jaw: race 3. Pelvic girdle measurements: gender 4. Ridges in the pubic bone: age, gender, how many times victim had babies if female 5. Leg and arm bones: height

3.    a. 9 skeletons b. 11 people reportedly died in the shooting

4.   a. victim is 21 or younger b. victim is 17 or younger c. victim is male or female

5. skeleton one: 22 or older, male skeleton two: 22 or older, male skeleton three: between 18 & 21, female skeleton four: 22 or older, male skeleton five: 22 or older, female skeleton six: between 18 & 21, female skeleton seven: 22 or older, female skeleton eight: 22 or older, male skeleton nine: 22 or older, female

6.   a. Anastasia & Alexei are both missing. b. The bones found indicated no one under 18, and Anastasia & Alexei were both under 18 when they died.

7. DNA evidence was preserved in the remains.

8. I followed directions.

9.   a. Both are made up of the same nucleotides. b. mt DNA exists as circular loop rather than linear form of nuclear DNA

10. mtDNA is inherited solely from the mother

11.     a. from their mother, Tsarina Alexandra b. from her mother c. No. He inherited is mtDNA from his mother, but did not pass his mtDNA on to future generations.

12.      a. All the mtDNA can be traced back to Queen Victoria. b. Princ Philip of England, Duke of Edinburgh, b. 1921

13. I followed directions.

14. The DNA in #9 most likely is the nurse's DNA. 15. He was used for an mtDNA comparison.

16. His DNA matched with skeleton #4's.

17. skeletons 1, 2 and 8 all belonged to the royal staff members present at the execution

18. Her DNA was being compared to his to determine if she was Princess Anastasia.

19. Her DNA was compared to Carl Maucher's to determine if she was Franziska Schanzkowska

20. I followed directions.

21.     a. A hair sample from her hairbrush was found in North Carolina. b. No, because Anderson's mtDNA sequence did not match up with Prince Philip's.     c. Their bodies were burned shortly after the execution, and the soldiers scattered their remains.