tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post1040996150286897622..comments2023-10-03T06:18:27.828-05:00Comments on The Aardvark's PLUMBLINE: The Aardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-83141365189535325552012-02-29T17:24:59.735-06:002012-02-29T17:24:59.735-06:00Tim, you are welcome. Feel free to stop by here an...Tim, you are welcome. Feel free to stop by here any time. Thanks for your links and recommendations. I must check this all out.<br /><br />Truly a strange story.The Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-75949154981889742292012-02-29T17:19:57.866-06:002012-02-29T17:19:57.866-06:00Hey! So glad I could help. Yes, I found your artic...Hey! So glad I could help. Yes, I found your article via google. I have studied this case since I was a teenager and only after she had past away. <br /><br />Her husband John "Jack" Manahan lived for several years later into the 1990s. Sadly there was a lot of court battles over his properties after his death-between a friend he left most everything to and his family. An interesting Tim Welshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-84510784087856035492012-02-26T22:55:12.595-06:002012-02-26T22:55:12.595-06:00Tim, thabk you VERY much! I had lost all notes I t...Tim, thabk you VERY much! I had lost all notes I took at the presentation, and relied on 30+ years of accreted memory.<br /><br />I am very happy that her situation with her husband was happy, and that the Baron was true supporter. <br /><br />I wrote from the emotional response to finding the pictures I had taken and printed so long ago. The whole context was unfortunate for them, what with The Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-86865356502679415122012-02-26T22:31:32.058-06:002012-02-26T22:31:32.058-06:00The woman in your photograph is Anna Anderson Mana...The woman in your photograph is Anna Anderson Manahan-the most famous of Anastasia Romanov claimants. She first appeared in Berlin in 1920 after a failed suicide attempt left her nearly drowned in a canal. She spent over sixty years claiming to be the missing Romanov Grand Duchess.<br /><br />It was only after her death in the early 1980s was DNA testing done and showed she was not the missingTim Welshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-44305094830011249942009-01-14T12:04:00.000-06:002009-01-14T12:04:00.000-06:00What would they gain? Their speakers fee, I guess....What would they gain? Their speakers fee, I guess. (Not being obtuse...they were engaged in a one-sided debate, and no winner was apparent. Beyond the pecuniary benefit, I suppose the comfort of perhaps, maybe, having a few more people in their controversial corner would be a win.) The appearance of the aged lady being dragged around to appearances where she was shown off and talked <I>about</I>The Aardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425052822588090155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299612.post-63446453624243407132009-01-13T20:22:00.000-06:002009-01-13T20:22:00.000-06:00Interesting. What was their aim at speaking at th...Interesting. What was their aim at speaking at the college? What would they have gained by convincing you? <BR/><BR/>From the details I've read about the murder of the Romanovs, I don't see how any of the family could have escaped alive. However, the events surrounding the murder of Rasputin are amazing, so who knows.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521325569148567351noreply@blogger.com