My wife does not actually like to talk about it, but she is closely related to the Romanovs and was named after Queen Alexandria. She has a rare bone disorder that was common in royalty related to all of the interbreeding. Her condition was the subject of a paper which was the doctoral thesis of a physical therapist that she once went to.
The young Romanov son was a hemophiliac, I understand.
Very interesting info. Thank you for the info.
Having some Russian blood myself, Russia has always fascinated me, especially the cruel slaughter of the Tsar’s family.
Of course, everyone knows about Tasarevich Alexei and his hemophilia. I’ve read that the girls weren’t, themselves, perfectly healthy and suffered a different form of hemophilia. The Grand Duchess Maria almost bled to death during a tonsillectomy.
I’ve also heard that, as she grew older, Anastasia suffered from a foot disorder which forced her to sometimes limp and suffer pain.
The murder of that family, especially the children, is an outrage. The Assassins were even bloodthirsty enough to kill Anastasia’s beloved dog.
I bet your wife holds sorrow in her heart for the Royal Family’s murder. God Bless her and I hope her disorder doesn’t get worse.