Garrison Hilliard
2015-01-10 20:19:52 UTC
Titanic Mystery Solved with DNA Testing
DNA solved a 70-year-old question of whether Loraine Allison survived
the Titanic crash. Many have wondered what happened to the
two-year-old little girl who disappeared from the crash more than 100
years ago.
The story begins with Hudson and Bess taking their two kids, Trevor,
seven months, and Loraine, two years of age, across the Atlantic on
the Titanic. At the time of the sinking, it is said that Trevor was
rushed to a lifeboat by their maid and that the other three died on
the boat. However, only Hudsons body was found, leaving the mystery
of what happened to Loraine and her mother.
The unknown remained until 28 years later when Helen Kramer came
forward on a radio show called We the People, and said that she was
the two-year-old missing girl. Only a few of the distant relatives
believed her story, but immediate family members denied the claims and
kept her out of the inheritance.
When Helen died in 1992 the claims seemed to have died with her.
However, in 2012 the granddaughter of Helen, Debrina Woods, resurfaced
the claims by saying she had inherited more evidence from her
grandmother and that the truth should be told.
With all of this evidence, and with a desire to solve this case, a
group of Titanic researchers put together a project to help unlock the
mystery.
They did just that, by convincing descendants from each family to have
a DNA test done.
The results from the tests show that there is not a relationship
between the two families, suggesting that this was a hoax or a
complete misunderstanding.
We dont want to downplay the tragedy of this story to those involved
but rather highlight that we have a tool that will help us unlock the
mysteries of our past with DNA testing.
This isnt the first time DNA has helped provide evidence to disprove
a connection to a historical claim. DNA testing disproved Anna
Andersons claims that she was Anastasia, the youngest daughter of the
Russian Tsar, Nicholas II. Similar to the Kramer story, researchers
found multiple people from both sides of the family in question and
had them take a DNA test. No DNA was shared, disproving a
relationship.
http://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/2014/02/20/titanic-mystery-solved-with-dna-testing/?o_xid=59263&o_lid=59263&o_sch=Content+Marketing
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DNA solved a 70-year-old question of whether Loraine Allison survived
the Titanic crash. Many have wondered what happened to the
two-year-old little girl who disappeared from the crash more than 100
years ago.
The story begins with Hudson and Bess taking their two kids, Trevor,
seven months, and Loraine, two years of age, across the Atlantic on
the Titanic. At the time of the sinking, it is said that Trevor was
rushed to a lifeboat by their maid and that the other three died on
the boat. However, only Hudsons body was found, leaving the mystery
of what happened to Loraine and her mother.
The unknown remained until 28 years later when Helen Kramer came
forward on a radio show called We the People, and said that she was
the two-year-old missing girl. Only a few of the distant relatives
believed her story, but immediate family members denied the claims and
kept her out of the inheritance.
When Helen died in 1992 the claims seemed to have died with her.
However, in 2012 the granddaughter of Helen, Debrina Woods, resurfaced
the claims by saying she had inherited more evidence from her
grandmother and that the truth should be told.
With all of this evidence, and with a desire to solve this case, a
group of Titanic researchers put together a project to help unlock the
mystery.
They did just that, by convincing descendants from each family to have
a DNA test done.
The results from the tests show that there is not a relationship
between the two families, suggesting that this was a hoax or a
complete misunderstanding.
We dont want to downplay the tragedy of this story to those involved
but rather highlight that we have a tool that will help us unlock the
mysteries of our past with DNA testing.
This isnt the first time DNA has helped provide evidence to disprove
a connection to a historical claim. DNA testing disproved Anna
Andersons claims that she was Anastasia, the youngest daughter of the
Russian Tsar, Nicholas II. Similar to the Kramer story, researchers
found multiple people from both sides of the family in question and
had them take a DNA test. No DNA was shared, disproving a
relationship.
http://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/2014/02/20/titanic-mystery-solved-with-dna-testing/?o_xid=59263&o_lid=59263&o_sch=Content+Marketing
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