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I would like to point out the point which so many people are confusing.
[size=18]How many people had Anna Anderson's mtDNA type in Europe in 1918?[/size]
My Answer: About [size=16]50,000 [/size]people.
Not only AA's maternal relative. There are tons of them.
However, here is my calculation:
People who had AA's mtDNA in Europe: 50,000
Of whcih, who were woman: 25,000
Of which, who were age 17-26: 3500
Of which, those who lived around Berlin region: 200
Of which, those who looked like AA (at least to some extent): 20
Of which, those who disappeared around Feb 1920: 1
This one person's name was Franziska Schanzkowska.
Q.E.D.
This phylogenetic data supports my estimate. I will explain this when I have time.
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If FS was murdered by Grossmann, then we've have to take a step back on daveK's "conjecture" .
There was more than one missing person who looked liked AA and the police brought them to see AA to see if she was whom the others were hoping to find. Remember this was war time. A lot of people were missing. I don't know the number who were. Do you daveK?
Myself, I'd take two steps backward and look at the 200 because I'm not sure if there is enough data to know how many of the 200 looked like AA and FS. Maybe 20, maybe more. I don't know. What are the similarities of people with the same mtDNA? Are the similarities higher, some or lower than those of another mtDNA link?
I don't have time to dig up what else daveK posted so PLEASE follow his link to see what else he's written.
I'm heading out to dinner so the rest of this DNA stuff is up to the rest of you.
AGRBear
