Here is what Summers and Mangold wrote next to the illustration of the finger which I've shown above this post.
I am not the one who started the subject on the finger/fingers.
Yes, Helen,
Bear has the most annoying habit of forgetting the questions she has asked over and over and over, and to blurt out questions without bothering to find the answers herself. She seems to prefer that the rest of us do the research for her...gets most tiresome.
I am merely trying to give information to the person who did ask the question.
I also found it interesting how Empress Alexandra's own sister, Elizabeth's, finger did not even match the mtDNA of Empress Alexandra.
I will not apologize for showing patience to a newbie on a subject which we, who have been around for some time, have discussed many times. Why? Because it's new to them and I remember what it was like when I first posted.
So, back to the topic of fingers.
Was there just one finger? A simple yes or no would be nice.
If there was just one finger then this [one shown in post #47] is the finger which was tested?
If this is not the finger, then there were two fingers. And, the one tested was the other, not shown in my photo above, which people first believed was GD Elisabeth's. And it was the other finger, not shown above, which was tested.
As for finding information. That is not always a quick and easy task.
I did have to go find the photo, copy it, put it in photo bucket, copy it and then come back here.... That could not be accomplished in two seconds.
No one has all the information at their fingertips, especially not I, since this is just a hobby and not my occupation.
And, I will repeat: I do not recall the thread where the fingeer/fingers were discussed nor can I find it using "finger" in the search. Does anyone remember because I'd like to find and pull the URL into this discussion so others can follow that thread and read what we've discussed. I am terribly sorry to have to ask for assistance but I do need help in finding the posts.
I continue to think this is a different finger mentioned by FA:
A scientific paper was published on this very point, and you can find it by searching our Forum where is was posted and discussed quite some time ago. The basic answer is simply that the body believed to be St. Elisabeth's in Jersualem may be that of her companion Varvra. Further, the finger relic has a very unclear provenance of possession, may never have been her's in the first place and was handled by literally many dozens of different people over the years leading to a high possibility of contamination.
I'd be glad to post a photo of this finger if it is, in fact, a different finger.
AGRBear
