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The remains belong to the Russian royal family · 2008-06-25 16:42

Russian royal family, news-service.stanford.eduA number of tests have confirmed that human remains found near Yekaterinburg last July might belong to Crown Prince Alexy and his sister, Grand Duchess Maria, ITAR-TASS reports.

Detectives are analyzing results of the examinations done at laboratories of Russia, the United States and Austria and will post them in the second half of July.

“Three independent teams of experts examined remains, which presumably belong to Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna, and bone fragments from the grave unearthed in 2007,” Russian Prosecutor General’s Office Investigation Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said.

“All the aforesaid researchers found male and female DNA and made mitochondrial and nuclear DNA tests,” he said.

“Russian State Archives Director Dr. Mironenko is supervising a historical examination. His team is made up of leading historians and archivists. This far, the examination shows that the remains belong to the Russian royal family,” Vladimir Markin said.

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