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Fact: the family never used German. This is proven by those who were close to them. So what if somebody took lessons. I took lessons. Look at my sixth grade German workbook with my name on it, how I wrote German words in it, yet I know no German. I don't know how many times I have to say or...

As we have established, lessons do NOT equal knowing or speaking the language. The name of this thread is 'languages spoken by NAOTMAA' and from all evidence, German was not spoken by the family, and Alexandra was the only one who was fluent. Nicholas: Russian, English, French Alexandra...

Sigh.....:rolleyes: Chat, it's very obvious your entire reason for trying to push this German thing is because that's the language used by AA, while AN would have used Russian, English and French. It's the same thing as J Kendrick trying to claim Alexei didn't have hemophilia because Tammet...

Duh. As I explained in a post a page or so back, we're not talking about western Europeans who live in close proximity to several languages and are exposed to them frequently. We're talking about Russians, a hundred years ago, living in remote regions, hundreds of miles from even Moscow and St...

We have established that though Nicholas studied German for years, as a grown man he admitted to not being able to understand it (at least according to one book) and that many other people take lessons and don't remember a word. We have also established that everybody who knew the family said...

Well Chat, whether or not I believe you, none of this, or my personal experiences, prove what Nicholas, AA, AN or the Bolsheviks knew. But it's ridiculous to say that Americans are the only ones who don't pick up foreign languages, I'm sure there are people in Russia who are no better at it...

Going to local grammar and secondary schools does not guarantee you'll learn languages. Most Americans never take one, or even if they do, forget it, as apparently Nicholas did German, though he was highly educated. Also as you know I remain skeptical of any info that is exclusive to FOTR, but...

Very good question about the nanny, does anyone know? I really thought I'd read several places that Nicholas studied English, French, German, and Danish (his mother's language) but he never mastered Danish, so maybe he never mastered German, either. Again, since the Germans he was most in...

I've read it in several books about him. I do not have time to go dig them all out and rummage through hundreds of pages trying to find just the right words, (maybe you do but I don't) but I'm sure I'm not the only person who has seen references to the languages he studied.

Then there is your proof a person can study a language for years very seriously and not know it well enough to understand it. (though I'm sure the children studied it far less than he did) That would be another reason that the Tsar and Kaiser used English, the Kaiser likely didn't know Russian...

Romanov Genealogy Here's an interesting site that explains their genealogy, the Romanovs in royal houses today, and the last living descendants. Romanov Genealogy

I guess you're just going to have to write and ask them. Our speculating does no good.

Obviously, it doesn't have anything to do with the DNA or idenification of the remains, because as I have already posted, the family fully accepts the results. So if that is what you are insinuating, you're barking up the wrong tree.

Bear, you have given us the Queen Victoria and her husband thing pages ago. It happened years before Alix was even born and has no significance here. Alix's were in English, but Nicky's diaries are in Russian. It wasn't only then. Actually she was raised from babyhood by a British nanny, Miss...

Personal vindication maybe? JK you are REAAAALLLY grasping and straws trying to find something that is not there. Back in July, the Romanov Family Association issued a statement declaring they fully accepted the DNA results and findings of the scientists and officials. I saved the link but...

More articles: RIA Novosti - Russia - Russia closes probe into tsar killing, identification of remains http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090115/tpl-uk-russia-tsar-background-sb-factbox-39349ed.html http://www.interfax.com/3/463198/news.aspx

I agree. They want the guilty named and blamed, dead or not. Just saying those responsible are dead now doesn't end it. They need to say exactly whose fault it was and name them- even up to Lenin himself. It upsets the family that the Russians are unwilling to do this and cast shame on the...

See here Kendrick, they're still upset about the regicide, and they want more done to incriminate those responsible, maybe they even want an apology or some kind of retribution. But it has nothing to do with denying the evidence that identified the family members. This is about the criminal...

Note they had to take it to an official because none of the other men could read it. Chat you know very well you often say "Anastasia" when you are referring to AA. You also only use sources that back up AA and her cause and avoid others, such as Massie, which do not (as well as Gill, Melton...

I don't think so. Especially not in those days. Parts of Russia were and still are very remote, little if any outside contact with foreigners, there was no media, no internet. Sure, rich traveling people in the smaller, closer countries of western Europe may have been exposed to several...

I agree with Anastasia Evidence. We don't know what's in those books, they may not be what you say at all. You do not know that, because you cannot prove they didn't know the differences between languages. They didn't. No, ANASTASIA ROMANOVA did not speak German well at all. She knew Russian...

They didn't know what language it was, but assumed it was German because of all the rumors about Alexandra being a German spy. They didn't know Alexandra, but had heard all the propaganda against her, so naturally when she spoke a language they didn't know, it must be German. It may even have...

Well, since they CAN'T be, what's the point in harping on about it?

Chat that was almost certainly English and he didn't know the difference. It makes much more sense, since it's well documented mother and children spoke to each other in English. In "File on the Tsar" there is much reference to the guards being upset about the family speaking English, and...

Well, since there is no more bone left from Alexei, and they aren't going to do the test, why not just stop complaining about it? I mean, nothing anyone could do will ever convince you anyway. You're already saying 'claimed to identify Alexei' meaning you don't accept the DNA results. Even if...