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« on: July 20, 2014, 01:10:27 AM »
Yes Maria as you said is Maria in every picture. Her face oddly didn't really seem to change that much as she grew up. I think someone on this forum once said she was like a female Alexander III (yikes) except prettier. I actually think her face looked a lot like her grandmother, Maria Feodorovna. So perhaps she would have aged facially similar to her Danish relatives.
It's interesting you said Alexei's physical appearance was more like that of his mothers side cause I see a similarity face wise between Alexei and Maria, who favored her father's side. And from the pictures I've seen Alexandra's family doesn't appear to be that tall. Her brother may have been an inch or two taller then Nicholas but not by much. By the time of his death at 13 he was already close to his father's height at 5'7", so chances are he would have been over 6'0" like the Romanovs. I thought if he did reach adulthood he would have been similar to his uncle Michael Alexandrovich, tall and thin.
I actually think Tatiana's face looks similar to her uncle Ernst Ludwig although I can see the Romanov in her as well. Olga seems to be a mix of both sides as well. I think I see a bit of her grandma Alice in her, although that might have to do with the fact they both appear so melancholy in their photos.
Anastasia, like you said is definitely a puzzle. During the war she went through a real awkward phase but in the few pictures we have seems to have been softening towards the end. I suppose physically she was like the Romanovs while facially more like the Hesse, similar to Aunt Irene.
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