Alison H
Heir Presumptive
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I would love to see a TV mini-series on the Plantagenets. Their goings-on - widowed queens marrying their wardrobe masters, royal dukes being drowned in butts of malmsey wine, alleged bigamy, etc etc - makes even the most outlandish soap opera storyline look mild, LOL. Seriously, it'd be great to see a focus on the Middle Ages for once: there's so much emphasis on the period from the Reformation to the Glorious Revolution that what went before just seems to be overlooked.
I still think Richard had the Princes in the Tower murdered, but sadly we'll probably never know the truth of that!
The best way of matching up DNA is through a descendant via a female line only, because mitochondrial DNA is inherited from the mother, so e.g. the Tsarina Alexandra and her children could be IDd by a match with Prince Philip, as his mother's mother was Alexandra's sister, but it wouldn't have worked if his mother's father had been Alexandra's brother, if you see what I mean! It's amazing that they managed to find a female-line-only descendant across over 500 years, but I think it'd be a big struggle to find a female-line-only descendant from Alfred the Great's mother or sister.
The Duke of Gloucester is president of the Richard III Society. He's also Richard, Duke of Gloucester!
I still think Richard had the Princes in the Tower murdered, but sadly we'll probably never know the truth of that!
The best way of matching up DNA is through a descendant via a female line only, because mitochondrial DNA is inherited from the mother, so e.g. the Tsarina Alexandra and her children could be IDd by a match with Prince Philip, as his mother's mother was Alexandra's sister, but it wouldn't have worked if his mother's father had been Alexandra's brother, if you see what I mean! It's amazing that they managed to find a female-line-only descendant across over 500 years, but I think it'd be a big struggle to find a female-line-only descendant from Alfred the Great's mother or sister.
The Duke of Gloucester is president of the Richard III Society. He's also Richard, Duke of Gloucester!