Was Anna Anderson Anastasia?
She, the claimant, died in the 1980s. DNA testing was primitive back then. There is also suspision that her DNA samples were swapped by a doctor. So, sorry to burst your bubble everyone above, but the DNA results cannot be trusted, so we’ll never be sure! Some people who knew the real Anastasia, like her helper, a childhood friend, and a handful of members of the family actually believed her. She was found with multiple scars on her body, including on her foot, and these people claimed that the scars and foot problem were identical to the real Anastasia. They also asked her trick questions, and she answered correctly all the time. She also made references to things like rituals, games and pet names from her childhood, which were highly accurate. She could not have known all of these on her own. She was also fluent in English and French, something which would have been impossible if she was a factory worker. There was a court case which dragged on until 1970 but there was no verdict rea
