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The mystery of what happened to the Romanov family was one of the greatest historical questions of the 20th century. For decades, no one knew the answer to where the Imperial family was located after the Russian Revolution in 1918. Today, we’ll reveal never before seen re-creations of the children in the family, based on the forensic reconstructions created by Dr. Sergei Nitkin.
0:00 Romanov History
6:00 Russian Revolution
9:53 Time in Captivity
11:24 Romanov Imposters
16:33 Forensic Investigation
19:26 Reconstructions Revealed
It wasn’t until 1979 that the world finally got some answers about what really happened to the Romanov family. Russian investigators found what they thought might be the final resting place of the family, in the woods outside of Yekaterinburg. Their findings had to remain secret for many years, as Russia was still in the Soviet Union. The bodies were only exhumed and examined in 1991, with the findings finally released to the public.
DNA and skeletal analysis confirmed they were the lost family, but provided an incomplete picture - only 5 of the 7 Romanovs could be identified. The grave contained the bones of Tsar Nicholas, Tsarina Alexandra, and three of the daughters, two of whom they identified certainly as Olga and Tatiana. The third was a mystery - it was either Maria or Anastasia but they weren’t sure.
This discovery only added fuel to the fire that members of the family may have truly escaped.
However, in 2007 another piece of the puzzle popped into place. Investigators announced that they had discovered two additional skeletons, separated from the original gravesite. The site contained bones from a boy between the ages of 12 and 15, definitely the body of Alexei, and a young woman between 15 and 24. Now, Anastasia was 17 and Maria was 19 when they disappeared - both still within the range of possibilities.
In 1994, Russian medical examiner Dr. Sergey Nikitin created forensic facial reconstructions of the bodies found in the first gravesite, including 3 of the family’s attendants. So we don’t have reconstructions of the 2 bodies found later in 2007.
I want to really dig into the mystery of what examiners call “Skeleton number 6” - the one that belongs to either Anastasia or Maria. The Russians firmly believe that Skeleton Number 6 belongs to Anastasia, but the controversy is still raging. At one point, Skeleton number 6 was even identified as Tatiana, but later ruled out due to height.
Even with all of the photographs we have of the family, this girl is just hard to identify. The Romanov siblings all look incredibly similar, and there are very few images of them after their imprisonment. Anastasia was only 15 when the family was moved into captivity, so the young girl we see in photographs probably looks different from what she would look like as a more mature adult.
Nitkin’s forensic reconstruction of Tatiana is the only one that I find just doesn’t match her appearance in photographs. So I’ve made 2 re-creations for her - one that matches the forensic reconstruction, and one that is more of a photocomposite.
Of course, forensic models aren’t always accurate. There are certain things that skull reconstructions can’t touch, like the soft-tissue features. The precise shape of the lips, Face fullness in certain areas, etc. I think Tatiana just has a face where her soft-tissue features really define her appearance.
While I’m not a forensic scientist, to me, this reconstruction of Skeleton 6 is almost certainly of Anastasia. When brought to life, it looks like the more mature version of the young Anastasia we see in photos. Since I believe we are missing Maria from these images, I’ve also made a photo composite of her. What do you think?
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I was taught the story of the Romanov family from an early age. What a tragedy that they didn’t quietly slip away before everything went to hell. My heart still breaks for the children thinking of the fear they must have gone through.
When the Anastasia movie came out I was obsessed. My dad made sure I knew the real story and bought me these lovely books about her.
And Russia has changed little since. Trump’s buddies. Just ask the Ukrainians
They surely didn’t go to hell! They are canonized as saints and martyrs
@@julia.mcconnellReread the comment. It said “before *everything* went to hell, not everyone. The commenter was referring to the events that ended their lives on earth, not their fate in the afterlife. 😊
A co děti těch chudáků poddaných, co umíraly hladem po narození?!! Lékař Jakov Sverdlov těm chudákům pomáhal zdarma...co kdyby sis něco zjistil o tom?!!! Za revoluce se stal Leninovým zástupcem a právě jeho Lenin pověřil vyřešením carského problému. Sverdlov neměl důvod si jimi komplikovat situaci.
That was beautiful. Those children weren't responsible for their father's poor decisions. It's so tragic what happened to them.
Get rid of the entire blood line....so it won't happen again? So sad for the family. Such a lovely name Tatiana. The king seems to have been lost in another world...unable to be a strong and aware leader...
@@thegreencat9947it wasn't the entire bloodline though. Many Romanov's survived and continues the name even today. Many gained sanctuary in the UK, US, Spain, France and Switzerland.
@@leahsimmons530 Excuse my ignorant comment. Could any of the surviving relatives be eligible for the position of Czar....at that time?
@@thegreencat9947according to the law passed on in the 18th century it was only possible to succeed to the throne for a direct male descendent. Tsar's younger brother was proclaimed a star after Nikolas abdication but only for two days. He was the only one who could legally become a star at the time. He died shortly though. Anyone else in the surviving Romanov family had no real rights to declare themselves a tsar.
@@alenkalepeshinskaya7209 thank you.
The Yakov Yurovsky document is a very detailed account of that awful, awful night. In his account, he said they tried to burn the two smallest bodies. They were not successful at it. So they buried them apart from the others. The two smallest bodies were Alexi and Anastasia. Based on that, I always believed that when the final two bodies were found, apart from the others, it had to be them. I also found your facial reconstruction about whether the female skeleton was Anastasia or Marie to show it was indeed Anastasia, whose face was thinner than Marie's face.
The whole thing is so, so sad. They were born into the wrong family; at the wrong time; and the wrong place. They had no way to escape. Alexi was born decades before hemophilia could be treated. But he could have lived longer had he also not been born into the same circumstances. The story never gets any better. And not one thing can change it. The whole thing is a tragedy that never should have happened. But it did.
They were born into the exact family they were meant to be born into, at the exact time and place they were meant to be born into it. There are a lot of tragedies in history and more are happening right now, today, and they'll be happening 1000 years from now as well. Such is life, always has been, always will be.
@@marilyndee969 the last two remains were most definitely Maria and Alexis.
@@marilyndee969 What DNA? How could you possibly separate Maria and Anastasia based on DNA?! They were sisters with no known illnesses that could identify them. How do you think DNA works?
@@WideAwake-bl7gw that's assuming anything is "meant" to be. You state your opinion like it's a fact, ignoring that you too are stating an opinion just as we all are. Very self righteous to think everyone else's opinion is to be argued, but your opinions are to be said and accepted as fact. The cognitive dissonance and double standard... It's always a little disconcerting to know that there's people out there that think this way. Your opinion on whether they were born at the wrong or right time hinges on the "meant to be" argument that can't be proven or disproven. Actually, science points at the universe possibly hinging chaos, lately, and not any "meant to be" bullshit.
@@Shyndree I didn't see any comment here that mentions DNA other than yours. Was it deleted?
Or wait... Was it deleted!!?!!!!??? Lol
In all likelihood one of the reasons this family was so photographed was b/c Czar Nicholas himself was an avid amateur photographer. While most of the photos in this video were obviously taken by others, Nicholas himself took many, many of the family photos himself. He would've been much happier and more successful as a private citizen/country gentleman and devoted family man than a king but felt duty-bound to rule once his father died, even though his father had never bothered to prepare him at all for kingship (the main reason Nicholas was such a lousy king).
True. Nicholas and his whole family were all into photography and scrapbooking. They had the court and publicity photos, but their private photographs is where they really shine. And Nicholas really was a bad czar, as much as he was a loving and devoted husband, father and son. He and his wife were even okay with not forcing their children into arranged marriages, with Olga turning down Carol of Romania as an example.
hello from Russia, thanks for the wonderful video, I love the Romanovs. My great-great-grandfather served Tsar Nicholas, he personally awarded him a medal and presented him with a watch, and my grandfather was acquainted with the grandson of the Romanovs' personal doctor
Привет. Я тоже из России. И я терпеть не могу Гольштейнов-Готторпов, имевших в России фамилию Романовы. А вы из неомонархистов, скучающий по Hi. I am also from Russia. And I can't stand the Holstein-Gottorps, who had the Romanov family name in Russia. And you are one of the neo-monarchists, missing the preventive rods from the master in the stable.профилактическим розгам от барина на конюшне.
Hi. I am also from Russia. And I can't stand the Holstein-Gottorps, who had the Romanov family name in Russia. And you are one of the neo-monarchists, missing the preventive rods from the master in the stable.
Fascinating
@@petercarmody4897 Yes, and our friend's grandfather studied with Lenin in the same class👀Historical figures and events are part of the history of our family
What an incredible story! Thank you so much for sharing it. Such a beautiful family history you have!
This was one of the most profound tragedies of the twentieth century. It was an amazing moment for me to see these beautiful women brought back to life, however momentarily. Thank you.
There were many innocent young people and children, whose lives were cut short during the 20th century. I'm sure there were many beautiful women amongs them and that some of their stories were wery moving, if we could learn them.
What makes the Romanov kids tragedy to stand out is, that they were born to a very privilleged family, so there are photos of them and a lot of known detail, but they were just few among millions of young people who died for the crime of being born to parents of certain religion, ethnicity or political believes.
I think you're really reaching!!! I'm not saying this isnt tragic but there are people who are beaten their whole lives who are enslaved and who are brutally killed after torture lasting decades! 🙄
I wish this wasn't still called a mystery, it was solved ages ago. It's been several years since Anastasia's body was identified. This is simply an incredibly tragic and sad story in which a whole family was brutally massacred, some of them underaged kids. I don't mean to say that the revolutionaries didn't have legit concerns, but what they did to that family was completely unacceptable.
@@veryberry39 Exactly. So important to separate the two, just like it's important to separate civilians from government/military in a country. Like, don't blame or punish civilians for something their government do.
Also, having sympathy for people on one side, doesn't mean you don't have sympathy for suffering on the other side.
The thing is, for people in the middle of it, their feelings are so strong it's hard for them to see these nuances. Being traumatized, hurt and angry, they can perceive people to be against them and their cause even when they're really not. Which makes everything worse 😞
They did not deserve to be massacred.
It was certainly unacceptable to kill off the entire family. But there were tragedies far worse in the 20th century like the holocaust of the Jews.
I don’t buy that the revolutionaries had legitimate concerns at all. These were communists, the only thing they cared about was power and stealing as much as they could, and how presentable their lies and sophistry appeared to the public.
@@jenniferclarke3622 neither did the millions murdered during the bloody reign of Nicholas.
Maria buried with her brother; Anastasia with the rest of the family. Rest in peace as the children and everyone else should not have been slaughtered for the poor rule of Czar Nicholas. Had they known science as we do today, the Romanovs would have realized Rasputin was a fraud. He was just lucky when he told doctors to leave Alexei alone; they were treating with things like aspirin, a blood thinner; he had no powers just the neglect he pushed actually kept away a drug that made haemophilia worse
"Had they known science as we do today, the Romanovs would have realized Rasputin was a fraud."
not necessarily. it's terrifying how the charisma of charlatans hypnotizes people susceptible to it.
Yep! That's sad
Because I feel if they could've been more focused on their rule and not his health, most of this wouldn't happen. Regardless, they should've let them live in exile. Nikolas already abdicated. He did what he could. Alexei would never rule due to illness and short lifespan.
Makes you wonder if the doctors were not purposefully giving him medication that was killing him to kill off the Ramanov bloodline
This was a very tragic and sad time in history. Not only was the Romanov family murdered, so were their attendants and family pets. Even after all these years, I still find this massacre very upsetting.
Thank-you for mentioning the poor innocent animals too 😔
Far more upsetting was the murder of millions of ordinary Russians under the bloody reign of Nicholas.
Even the pets?!
As an animal lover I have to say it’s not a shock, if you have no regard for human life, it’s unlikely you’ll care about those of the animals.
@@NhanNguyen-hz1cnone dog did escape. Joy. They found him wandering around crying for his owners.
Why am I always surprised at how moved I am with your videos? The recreation and “coming to life” does it ALL the time. Not to mention the music you use. Thank you!!
Thank you for watching!!
Yeah I started crying so hard and my husband was like “what the heck are you watching?” 😊
@@briarrose29 yes!!! When I said how moved I am is an UNDERSTATEMENT!
I got emotional seeing Alexei’s recreation. Poor boy was only 14 😢
@@jenr6202 he was not quite 14.
What an outstanding presentation! My grand-daughter is also an Anastasia. One thing I must say of this entire family is that they(every single one of them!) is as beautiful as an angel! So stunning ! It is also my understanding that they had hidden many precious gems and jewel amid their petticoats and it was also what deflected many of the bullets they were shot with, thus the horrible over kill.
Such an attractive family. Such a terrible end. It’s a shame the Tsar wasn’t more in tune to the needs of his people. It cost many lives, as well as that of his family. I believe the skeleton most resembles Anastasia. Wonderful work as always Becca and Andre. You make a great team. ❤RNS
The Romanovs children were so beautiful ❤. May they rest in peace.
to me this family is the most sweetest. I love how Alexandra and Nicholas did an amazing job with their children to help them understand that not everyone is like them. People out there do suffer and cannot live as they do. Alexandra was amazing how she had them wear simple clothing and had them do chores and so on. This story really truly breaks my heart and even though Russia was suffering at the time the family did the best that they could with what they knew how.
It's Anastasia. The US doctors that you mentioned who insisted it was Maria only had three days to examine the skeletons, whereas the Russian teams had over a year.
Good to know. Thank you!
Not true. The Russians also base their opinions on the facial reconstructions of skulls that were missing most of their facial palates! They badly glued together pieces to try to reconstruct them. A horrible idea when you have siblings close in age and appearance.
@@hollydaugherty2620 What I said is true.
It’s nice to see Andre making a cameo appearance. He should narrate a video in the future.
Becca, you and Andre did a beautiful job bringing the Romanov children back to life. Your recreations and mini biographies humanize each subject in a way that seeing a photo or reading about them in a book just can't do. Thank you abd Andre so much for sharing your time and talents with us. ❤🙏🏾💛
One of the most beautiful families ever. It’s amazing they were royals, as most royals are hideous
The story of the czar and his family has always fascinated me. Of course I was kid when the cartoon Anastasia came out and it was instantly my favorite movie. After that I read anything I could about the Romanov’s dating back hundreds of years. This video was such a beautiful dedication to them and the music moved me to tears ♥️
It was just over a hundred years ago not hundreds of years ago but I get your point even I got fascinated by their story after watching Anastasia as a child and mesmerized by the song once upon a December. I wanted her to have miraculously survived and lived a peaceful happy life but reality was that she was murdered with the rest of her family. To think humans are capable of doing collective punishment of innocent people who had no involvement in whatever crimes others did in their vicinity is still prevalent today.
@@reyfarce5697 actually the Romanov family goes back hundreds of years but thanks ✌️
Once upon a December from the cartoon "Anastasia " is a hauntingly beautiful song.
It's nice to see so many Romanov family buffs on this comments page! This video was wonderful thank you for making it.
It was a bit strange seeing the children in colour and alive, especially when you're used to seeing them in black and white.
I have been a Romanov family buff since I was 16 years old and still at school (I saw an article in Reader's Digest about them, their murder and how they eventually found the bodies and I read it and was hooked!) and I turn 45 on the 16th February. I have read too many books and articles to count and still on the lookout for more information about this family.
I have been to Russia 🇷🇺 3 times- to St Petersburg (3 times), Moscow (twice), Tobolsk and Yekaterinburg (twice) - hopefully one day I will be able to go to Russia again to see more of it.
I think it's widely agreed that Nicholas was a wonderful husband and father but a lousy ruler (people who knew him properly said he was a wonderful human being), Alexandra was a complicated character. Then there's the children and we all love them, they were completely innocent.
I never believed any of the imposter stories, Anna Anderson looked nothing like Anastasia or any other member of the Imperial family for that matter. I think the most convincing imposter was Vasily Filatov who said he was Alexei- he resembled Alexei, had Haemophilia and his children looked like other members of the Romanov family.
I think Nicholas would have been better running a big country estate with much, much less responsibility on his shoulders and he would have been so much happier and more comfortable in that role.
I wish somebody could have got to the family in time and saved them, whisking them safely out of Russia before anyone realised what was going on. One of the great "what ifs" isn't it?
This story is so tragic and yet captivating at the same time! Thank you for giving life to their memory. I agree with you - the facial structure of skeleton #6 seems to match Anastasia better. So sad that their lives were cut short so young!
I just feel so sad for Alexei. He was so young and definitely didn't deserve what fate gave him 🤧
It's never mentioned much in Romanov vids but the sisters all had a tiny gap between their front teeth and felt embarrassed by this hence no pictures ( at least any I have seen) show them smiling. I suspect also that another cause was that early cameras needed long exposure times and the subject needed to sit still for longer times.
Oh my goodness. The girls are gorgeous. They definitely have the beauty of their mother.
And Alexander was certainly on his way to becoming a handsome man like his father.
This is a nice video, however, it glosses over the fact that the identification of Skeleton No. 6 was not based on the skull alone. Dr. William Maples believed that the skeleton was simply too developed to that of a seventeen year old. Moreover, he said that the facial reconstructions were entirely inaccurate because the Russian scientists had simply estimated where to put the skull fragments and glued them together. It's not really an easy question to answer, and for all we know, Skeleton No. 5 isn't even Tatiana, since 5 was most likely the youngest one in the grave, which would not fit Tatiana.
And they did not live in a tabloid era, those were images the Romanovs themselves took with their own Brownie Box cameras.
Your reconstructions are lovely! It's interesting, because it allows us to see the limits of reconstruction. Olga had a much rounder face, and Maria, too, so it's quite fun to see! Great work! I don't agree that the Romanov sisters looked alike, though--they all looked quite different most of the time. Maria and Anastasia did not look alike at all.
I think skeleton 6 is Anastasia as well. She would have lost her baby fat in the face during normal circumstances, so I am thinking captivity accelerated the process.
I cried seeing OTMA and Alexei smiling. Well done yet again
I think the unidentified skeleton is more likely Maria ..First you showed the comparison to Anastasia,and it didn't fit..but when you showed the Photos of Maria for comparison,I had a massive chill running down my spine. It looks really much like her
It's most definitely Anastasia. The remains of Maria and Alexis remain unburied.
I’m reminded of the ‘Ipatiev House’ episode in ‘The Crown’ which was truly haunting and I cannot fathom how haunting it was IRL.
The Ipatiev House episode in The Crown was grossly inaccurate.
This piece of history shatters my heart. Not to say there aren’t other things I think of as incredibly unjust and horrendous. But seeing you bring these poor children back to life touched me deeply and left me teary eyed. I hope as terrible as their deaths must’ve been that they at least didn’t have to suffer so much.
This presentation is another of your more intriguing. While your unquestioned skill and ability have brought out many of the subtle nuances for each of the children, I agree with you that #6 is Anastasia. Your recreations illustrate how similar the sisters were, inviting confusion.
For those that have questioned that you have done this presentation before, they are almost right. That similar presentation, “Romanov Daughters: What Did They Look Like? | Forensic Reconstructions & History Documentary” was from last year.
p.s. Let Andre know his skills are most appreciated - awake or asleep. 😃
Thank you! Yes, the previous video got demonetized because of the execution description. So we decided to reedit and re-release for the holidays with a new Alexei re-creation.
I still wish with all my heart those children had been allowed to live. So tragic.
Beautifully done! As to the "Anastasia of Maria" question I haven't a clue, both reconstructions are excellent!
Just a bit of history, the young Lord Louis Mountbatten knew the Romanov family quite well and had as he put it later a real "crush" on Maria. It was well known the Bolseviks had killed the Romanovs even though the bodies had disappeared and Mountbatten carried a hate for the Soviets for the rest of his life, so much so I believe he wanted NO Soviet officials at his funeral in 1979. (He said so in his funeral plans. He wanted no Japanese officials there either but that's another story.) He couldn't and wouldn't forgive the murder of Maria.
Mountbatten also had a framed photo of Maria net to his bed for the rest of his life as well, apparantly Lady Edwina Mountbatten didn't mind.
The real mystery is who gave the order for the executions. Bolshevik Leon Trotsky didn't believe Lenin was responsible, Stalin never took responsibility and although everyone knew he had no qualms about killing he didn't seem the likely culprit. It's entirely possible the local Soviet acted on their own initiative. Many of them came to bad ends later, for various reasons.
When the Czar abdicated King George V considered offering the Romanovs asylum in Britain but political advisors talked him out of it. Their murders haunted the king for the rest of his life.
Just a tragic tale from a tragic time.
Well, as of what’s written in history, the order didn’t come directly from Lenin but had his approval. It was a quick decision that the bolsheviks made due to the rapid advances of the white army, which ended up taking over Ekaterinburg.
Nicholas was responsible for the deaths of millions of ordinary Russians and also of his own family.
All of these recreations are so beautiful, I have always had an obsession with the Romanov family, maybe from some of my Eastern European ancestry and also the fact that I am the oldest of 5 children altogether. What happened to them was truly tragic, none of them deserved their fate. We are still talking about them over 100 years after their deaths and I believe that is for a reason. They will always remain endlessly fascinating in the minds of historians and the general public.
hello from Russia, I can recommend films or documentaries about the Romanovs, I'm obsessed with them too. My great-great-grandfather served Tsar Nicholas, he personally awarded him a medal and presented him with a watch, and my grandfather was acquainted with the grandson of the Romanovs' personal doctor
As a Romanov history buff, it’s truly amazing to see the family brought to life! Awesome work!!❤
I think the unidentified is Maria. Your recreation is almost spot on.
Oh wow, Alexei's recreation gave me goosebumps! He was the best one out of the 5 in my opinion
Yes! He looks so lifelike I kinda wanted to smile back when it showed him smiling 😆.
Personally, I get the feeling that it's Maria but my thoughts really are not THAT important. Thanks for the video. It made me very emotional! Wonderfully done.
Beautiful work, as always! I think it's Anastasia. Looks just like her. It's sad that the children had to pay for the crimes of the father. Poor kids.
I feel like Nicolas also payed for the sins of his ancestors, the same as Louis xvi. They just happened to be monarch at the time frustration peaked.
I'm not sure which one I like better - your informational take on history, or the photo recreation.
Either way, you folks are doing a great job!
This was captivating. I love your passion and your presentation. This was a beautiful looking family and their end was very tragic 😔. Thank you for your great videos, they are highly appreciated 🙏
Thank you so very much! Happy holidays to you and your loved ones ❤️
@@RoyaltyNowStudios thank you and I wish you and your family the very same ❤️
They did not have to kill the kids. I know the kids were teens and young adults but they were not involved in government. This incenses me when people harm kids (even teenagers) as I'm a Mom of 7 (5 adults & 2 teenagers).
The reason for killing them was fear of them being used as a banner to raly the opposition of the Bolsheviks. Any Romanov child could be used as a "rightful heir to Russia." Also, the youngest one - Alexei - was 14. For us today it's a kid, but many children of that age were already working hard, some of them even didn't reach maturity because they died in work accidents.
I'm not trying to justify it, just explaining why many people in Russia in those day probably didn't care that much if these kids died, because they were surrounded by many other deaths of innocents and even much younger.
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Definitely had to replay that because it’s so crazy to see people from back then acting like we do now. It kinda just shows a different side to the whole “formal and strict” side we are often shown
How very tragic for this family. Bravo for the reconstruction ❤
What a beautiful children.All of them,but Carevic is an angel😢😢😢❤
It's so sad to think how frightened they must've been, along with their loyal staff and pets. You have once again brought them to life.
I don’t know why this made me extremely emotional.
Your channel, story telling and the final reveal... Is just brilliant. Keep it up!
Such a tragedy that a beautiful family could suffer such a horrific end.
RIP ROMANOV FAMILY.❤
Thank you for bringing us your passion. It is so interesting and heart felt to be a tiny part of it.
I’m so excited! Thank you for this ❤
I love your work on TH-cam! Brilliant!!
On this video in particular I would love to pause more to see the old “tabloid” photos.
Such i beautiful lovely family and such tragedy to know what their future holds. I wish I could tell them to run!
Such a sad story!
Thanks again! I been getting my history lesson while I work
Stellar work as expected!
Becca and Andre this was such a beautiful presentation. This haa got to be one of my favorite videos of yours.
I am always so fascinated by the Romanovs and i think that the last skeleton is indeed of anastasia.
RIP to them all.
Very enchanting and well documented piece. Your reconstructions are amazing as well.
I have to complement you on the music and narration which makes me feel a wistful sadness for people, with whom I have no relatable connection.
So emotional and beautiful.
Very powerful video especialy the end when they all come to life,and music is spot on.
I think #6 looks a lot more like Anastasia, her philtrum is a lot more pronounced, and maria has a softer one. they do look incredibly similar, as they are sisters, but the facial comparison definitely leaned towards Anastasia for me
Such a tragic story. Thanks for bringing your magical touch to this beautiful family.
The unidentified girl with Alexei was Maria . A world renowned scientist already has identified that Anastasia was in the mass grave with her family. It’s kind of common sense now that the unidentified young girl with Alexei is Maria .
Except it's not? It's most likely Maria, but still not definitively proven
@@nonoticarly8778 I do remember when the Russian Orthodox Church Canonized the Family and gave them a final “ State Funeral “ they were still in the process of the “ identifications “. The government was hoping that it was Anastasia that was missing , and part of that grave they found in the wood line with Alexei . But I guess it really was Anastasia that was in the mass grave with her family. The age of the bones doesn’t lie , I don’t remember if they said if there was any evidence of DNA , just bone fragments that helped in their identification. Just saying .. I watch a lot of forensic evidence type stuff.
@@makeupboss3568 If I remember correctly, they found remnants of adipocere ("corpse wax") on one skeleton, which preserved enough DNA to at least compare it with the DNA of living Romanov descendants/relatives (I think Prince Philip was one of them). But I'm not 100% sure.
@@emilyk1109 you could be right.
I’ve always known how attractive this family was - all of them good looking & incredibly photogenic. But I’m still stunned every time I see photos of Maria & Alexei. My goodness, what beauty 😯
They are breathtakingly gorgeous. No argument there. Then again hardly surprising given how good looking both Alexandra and Nicholas were. Like, pictures of young Nicholas are very striking.
Once again, thank you so much!
This is wonderful & sad at the same time. I also have 4 daughters and 2 sons and to imagine what they went through....Thank you for putting this together in such a elegant and passionate way.
Definitely Anastasia. She’s got the most masculine face of the sisters and that forensic reconstruction is hella androgynous
Masculine face 😂 Are you serious?! *major facepalm*
@@julia.mcconnell didn’t say it WAS masculine. Said she had the most masculine features of the sisters. It’s certainly not a dainty feminine face. You could put a boys haircut on that reconstruction and it could pass as a teen boy easily.
You do amazing work and are a great true life story teller. Thank you. Made my day.
Love your channel and work.
Excellent. Beautiful recreations.
Thank you. Such great recreations! The story of the Romanov family is so sad. They were all really good looking people. The son and daughters were so lively and innocent. They will live on forever.
Thank you for telling their story!
Thank you. Great work again! ❤
I've learned more about history from your TH-cam channel. Keep up the good work,and Thanks.
I'd love to see your take on Albrecht Durer and Diego Velázquez. These videos are extremely interesting! Thank you for sharing your work.
I get to see the beautiful photos and eggs at the museum- in a area dedicated to the family. I have some amazing photos and it is one of my all time favorite exhibit. Always was fascinated with their story. Love your channel and the beautiful recreations you do.
I believe that is Maria, not Anastasia. Love the video! When I see the photos, I get such a sad feeling. They were all slaughtered, because the revolutionaries wanted to wipe out every vestige of Imperialism in Russia. Relatives of the Tsar who had remained in the country were also brutally murdered. The Tsar and Tsarina were so isolated from their subjects, they had no idea how the people were starving and suffering.
IT is most definitely Anastasia.
INCREDIBLE! Thank you
Absolutely amazing !!
So beautiful the music in the background makes me cry, the children deserved a better fate and they should have been left alive to continue their lives and families lives as well. The father made a huge mistake but still didn’t deserve to be killed. I have always been kind of obsessed with the family more so about the real Anastasia mostly because of the cartoon movie that I still love today ever since it came out in the 90s. Thank you for amazing beautiful video I can’t wait for more videos.
That was one pretty family but definitely Maria was the prettiest of them all. And I do think #6 is Anastasia.
I love Romanov videos
Wow 🤩 what an amazing masterpiece ❤
That is greatest......Thanks so much.
I love royalty now so much I can't wait for the next video, but if you ask me I think number six is Anastasia as well it's just the facial features including their eyes shape just seems very similar to the younger version of Anastasia so I truly believe that number six was definitely her.
Wonderfully made, although I was hoping to see reconstructions of the whole family including the Tsar and Tsarina.
Such a tragic ending for such a Beautiful Family!
It’s so sad that Nicholas’s cousin, King George IV of England didn’t rescue the children because he was afraid his own country would turn against him. Instead he reengineered his monarchy to distance himself from his Germanic roots. Smart but cold.
I agree, that was extremely cold. Nobody knows ALL of the details either as they had ALOT to deal with at that time. It was King George V though. King George IV lived from 1762-1830. King George V could have easily let them stay with Prince John, King George Vs son who wasn't in the public eye to prevent seizures. Empress Alexandra helped Prince John by writing to Queen Mary and talking her into finding kids Prince Johns age for him to be around. I believe that she probably understood the trauma of Epilepsy due to Alexis Hemophilia. She was extremely kind to them and they could have saved her. They could have saved them all. It makes me cry everytime I think about it.
Beautifully done it serms. I only would fault the soft tissue around the eyes, as compared to the photographs. Their eyes were large, but more typical looking with more soft tissue.
I've studied Russian imperial history since I was 9yo - I haven't cried over my beloved Grand Duchess' this hard since their official funerals... Those AI recreations were just so emotional for me...
I think Maria is the unidentified skeleton found with Alexis. She was so beautiful, arguably the most beautiful of the Grand Duchesses. Olga seemed to have more of a snub nose like her father, not like the one in your recreation.
Such sad story.... Poor children 😢 it was not their fault their father was not a good ruler ... They should be saved ... 😢❤
I kove watching these beautiful recreations. Seeing them come to life makes it sadder. It's a crime that their lives were cut short.
Beautiful.
I hope you could do a reconstruction of what they would have looked like if they survived and lived up to elderly age. It would be fascinating to see how they would have looked like in their 40s/50s...
Love your voice and speaking style
Such a sad story. Haunting. 😢
This is a tragic but fascinating history, and you've done these children justice ❤
No 6 skeleton is definitely Anastatia, absolutely no doubt! Maria had fuller cheeks and her reconstruction is identical to her photos! So sad that Tsar Nikolas didn't listen to advice but even sadder that they murdered them! Such a beautiful family!
The fullness of someone's face (fuller cheeks) cannot be determined by facial reconstruction. Typically it's the distance of the facial features that make up the face and the rest (such as fat and muscle distribution) is left up to the interpretation of the person making the reconstruction.
This is the reason why Olga was the easiest to identify out of the sliblings. Her skull was a lot ''rounder'' compared to her sisters, which is very noticeable in the pictures just after they had their heads shaved.
This is such a tragic story! I never have and never will understand why NO ONE came to their aid????? They seemed to have relatives all over Europe!
Beautifully done. It is almost a blend of maria and Anastasia in your reconstruction of the skull sample. It could of been either. Its too bad there wasnt a skull study done on the other two when they were found.
Beautiful children. So tragic.