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5. Refer to the text box about identifying the remains of the Russian royal family earlier in this chap- ter. What kind of DNA was used to identify the Czar's family's remains? Why was it possible? Would it have been possible to identify which of the Czar's daughters was which by using DNA? Why or why not?

5. Refer to the text box about identifying the remains of the Russian royal family earlier in this chap- ter. What kind of DNA was used to identify the Czar's family's remains? Why was it possible? Would it have been possible to identify which of the Czar's daughters was which by using DNA? Why or why not?

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5. Refer to the text box about identifying the remains of the Russian royal family earlier in this chap- ter. What kind of DNA was used to identify the Czar's family's remains? Why was it possible? 6. Would it have been possible to identify which of the Czar's daughters was which by using DNA? Why or why not?
Transcribed Image Text:5. Refer to the text box about identifying the remains of the Russian royal family earlier in this chap- ter. What kind of DNA was used to identify the Czar's family's remains? Why was it possible? 6. Would it have been possible to identify which of the Czar's daughters was which by using DNA? Why or why not?
In 1918, after being held captive by the Bolsheviks in the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia, the seven members of the Czar Nicholas II family and four members of his entourage (including his doctor and a maid) were taken to the basement of that farmer's house and killed. In 1991, the Russian government ordered the exhumation of the family members and entourage of the Russian royal family of Czar Nicholas II from a grave outside of Yekaterinburg, where the remains of all but two of the family were finally discovered. The questions before the experts were the following: Are these the remains of the Russian royal family and entourage, and, because two were missing, what members of the family were represented by the remains? No antemortem (before death) den- tal records or radiographs (x-rays) were available, so the most promising way to identify the skele- tons was through comparison of the DNA, but to whom? The Czar's wife, Czarina Alexandra, was related to Prince Philip, the husband of England's Queen Elizabeth II, in that Prince Philip's maternal grandmother was the Czarina's sister. By testing, the researchers discovered that the mitochondrial DNA from the Czar's wife and daughters was a match to the DNA from Prince Philip (this information is used to answer questions later in the chapter). The identification process for some of the individuals within the family will be explored in Chapter 15.
Transcribed Image Text:In 1918, after being held captive by the Bolsheviks in the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia, the seven members of the Czar Nicholas II family and four members of his entourage (including his doctor and a maid) were taken to the basement of that farmer's house and killed. In 1991, the Russian government ordered the exhumation of the family members and entourage of the Russian royal family of Czar Nicholas II from a grave outside of Yekaterinburg, where the remains of all but two of the family were finally discovered. The questions before the experts were the following: Are these the remains of the Russian royal family and entourage, and, because two were missing, what members of the family were represented by the remains? No antemortem (before death) den- tal records or radiographs (x-rays) were available, so the most promising way to identify the skele- tons was through comparison of the DNA, but to whom? The Czar's wife, Czarina Alexandra, was related to Prince Philip, the husband of England's Queen Elizabeth II, in that Prince Philip's maternal grandmother was the Czarina's sister. By testing, the researchers discovered that the mitochondrial DNA from the Czar's wife and daughters was a match to the DNA from Prince Philip (this information is used to answer questions later in the chapter). The identification process for some of the individuals within the family will be explored in Chapter 15.
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