Why Anastasia?

I don't know much yet about the romanovs, but, why do most people think that Anastasia was the one that might have survived? Why not another GD?

because Anna Anderson claimed to be Anastasia

Yes, Anna did, but so did so many others.  Why would so many others pose as Anastasia?  Perhaps people honestly believed that Anastasia specifically survived or the claiments decided to pick a grandduchess not as well known.  Since she was the fourth daughter, she was furthest away from a marriage possiblility and "lower" in rank than Olga or Tatiana.  (Kind of like how Vicky was the preferred of QV's daughters because she was the oldest.)  She was probably the least known among the populous, so the easier it would have been to pull off pretending to be her.

True Aliss. Although a few women claimed to be Tatiana and Maria.   I saw a pic of one woman claiming to be Maria and her face was to "fat" and round to be Maria. She also didnt have the long jaw line that Maria or the other girls had.

I saw some statistics somewhere indicating that Aleksej is actually the one of whom the most claimants have come up.
Not sure where I saw those statistics but I think it was somewhere on these boards.

I think the main reasons why most people think she might be the most likely to have survived are the widespread media coverage and attention to the Anna Anderson case and more recently the Disney film 'Anastasia', and of course the fact that her remains haven't been found yet.

And I think Aliss_Kande's post might explain the original focus on Anastasia. She wasn't as well known as the 3 older sisters and thus it would have looked easier for imposters to fool people by pretending to be her.

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another big reason is because her body (or possibly Marie's) was missing!
thats probably why people claimed to be her, plus for the fame, and the mystery of it all!

But no one knew which bodies were missing until the ninties!  That probably wasn't the reason the claiments picked those people.

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true...

but still i mean why would the "claiments" be people if they were sure if they were real or not!
i'm just a bit confused.

I don't know how the first rumors of Anastasia's survival started, probably most of it had to do with Anna Anderson. But I think after the grave was found in 1991, scientists believed the smallest body, besides Alexei, was missing, and Anastasia was the youngest daughter and was the shortest of the girls, therefore the smallest body, they thought, must have been hers.

I saw some statistics somewhere indicating that Aleksej is actually the one of whom the most claimants have come up

Well, we know they're lying. Alexei couldn't have possibly survived--not with his hemophilia. Even if he did survive the initial gunshot wounds, he would have bled to death soon after.

(Sorry if I come off a little irritated. Every time I hear about someone claiming to be Alexei, it disgusts me, because I know it wasn't possible.)

I never said nor implied that any of those weren't lying though

I never said nor implied that any of those weren't lying though

Oh, I didn't think you were! lol I'm just saying...

Maybe Anastasia's possible leak is mas famous for all the books, movies that have been done on her(it) and this topic.
But if there have been several  claimants  of Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Alexei, I believe that of Alexei or Maria there have been more  claimants 

Perhaps it is because Nastya and Alexei are the youngest and probably perceived as the most innocent. Most humans would like to believe that this young shivibzik and her brother that we've grown to love didn't die so horribly. That's my reason for why most people claim to be Anastasia or Alexei. They simply wish they were alive. Or, maybe greed. People knew that the Romanov fortune was out their somewhere. They simply claimed to be a Romanov in order to claim it. They decided to pose as Alexei and Anastasia because they were the youngest and had the best chance of escaping.