yes i suspet that he would be tall and handsome just like nicky! and he would grow out of bleeding. i read some where that when he was 17 that he would grow out of bleeding is this true?
So brings up many, many, many arguments.
You see, the line of Heamophelia came from Alix through her relationship as Granddaughter to Queen Victoria, but I was reading Blood Relative recently. (The author may be a liar but some, and I stress
some, of his research is pretty good]
That the heamophelia
may have not been heamophelia but a related, less intense, blood disorder, the rumor only started because Alexei's navel bleed slightly after his umblical cord was cut! It doesn't really sound like cause to set off alarms that it was heamophelia.
Most of Rasputin's apparent powers to "calm" Alexei's attacks could have been, (and with a ton of evidence,) pure asprin. Which causes bleeding and damage to the lining of the stomach.
The Tsar himself was suspicious of Rasputin, even though Alix trusted him completely, and while he kept Alexei with him during the war, had him sleeping on a camp-bed at the end of his own bed. Alexei was fine and very healthy away from Rasputin, sending off alarms in Nicky's mind.
So his condition may have been very mild and triggered only by Rasputin's "magic" medicine. As you can see in photographs after Rasputin's demise at TS, Alexei looks completely healthy.
So personally, I don't agree that his heamophelia was severe, but possibly a less life-threatening disease, but still responsible for his delicate appearence. He may have been suffering from a less harsh blood disorder, and Rasputin was playing on it to gain the Tsarina trust and devotion.
Alexei, as far as I've come to believe from my extensive research, was most likely Heamophelic, but not to the extream Rasputin would have had his mother believe.
Those poor people were used by their relatives, friends and advisors, God rest their souls and I pray for them daily. Especially the lost Prince and the beautiful Princesses, who were just begining to live.
God Bless.
