Did Olga have a gap?

[neutral_girl]

Hi guys, this is a trivial question, but it's been bugging me for a while: Did Olga have a gap between her front teeth?

When she was a very young girl with her baby teeth, you can see that she didn't, but in ALL the pics I have seen of an older Olga smiling toothily, I think that I can see a definite gap...

here are a couple of examples:






In the second one, I included a pic of Nastya where her teeth seem to be gapped, too!

I think that it was quite cute!

[Aliss_Kande]

Every picture I have ever seen with her with an open smile she has a gap.  A good childhood example is from a film where all of OTMAA are running and holding hands.  I believe there is a thread about the grandduchess's teeth on the Imperial Family thread.

[Laura Mabee]

From what I've seen, all the girls had gaps. I'm unsure of Alexei, but I'm sure he did too.

[Russian_Duchess_#5]

Yes, Aleksei had a gap. Here is a pic for an example:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d179/Grand_Duchess_Romanov/1213.jpg

Thats clearly visible.
Nicky supposedly had bad teeth, besides the smokings harm, do you think he had a gap? Maybe the children inherited it? And I think Alix had a gap, too.

Sofi

[leushino]

Clearly visible? I must have bad eyes or my monitor's resolution isn't high enough, but I simply don't see any gap in Alexey's teeth. What I see, instead, is a shadow due to what appears to be the failure of early photographic instruments. But maybe you are looking at the original and seeing what I'm unable to see via my monitor. ?

[koloagirl]

 

I think all the children had gaps and so did Alexandra --
as you can see on a couple of her smiling pictures.  I
don't think Anastasia's was  prominent though.

I personally love gaps and think it gives the person
great character!  

Janet R.

[Russian_Duchess_#5]

OK, here are other pics showing Aleksei's gap:


http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d179/Grand_Duchess_Romanov/nicholasandalexeismilingonboar.jpg

and

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d179/Grand_Duchess_Romanov/AlexeiandPrincessIleanaofRomania191.jpg

Sofi

[clockworkgirl21]

I've seen OMAA with gaps, but never Tatiana. Does anyone have a good picture that shows Tatiana's teeth?

[Russian_Duchess_#5]

Tatiana's smile is a shy one, so I do not think that she EVER showed her teeth when smiling.

Sofi

[Russian_Duchess_#5]

Oops! I stand corrected, here is a pic of OTMAA, with most smiling, showing their teeth, except Aleksei and Anastasiya.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d179/Grand_Duchess_Romanov/030hz.jpg

You can find it bigger here:http://hydrogen.pallasweb.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=tatiana;action=display;num=1110131757;start=25#25



Sofi

[lovy]

yes, olga did have a gap between her two front upper teeth! in every photo where she's smiling and showing her teeth, you see a gap, so yes she did.

[Natalya]

I have to admit, I find this to be strange ... an entire thread about someone's teeth!  At any rate, maybe it's not so much a Romanov thing as it is a Russian thing.  My father was Russian, I have a space between my teeth, as does one of my brothers and several of our cousins.  It's not such a "cute" thing when it's your own teeth!  But oh well, I guess it's served Lauren Hutton well over the years!

Here's a shot where Alexei's "gap" is clearly seen:

[Natalya]

As strange as I thought this was, it started me off on a search for "Gap" shots!  Here's one I found of Olga:

[Natalya]

I'm not sure how well this will show up, because the photo is rather dark.  But on the original, it comfirms Tatiana's front space, as well as Marie's:

[Carol]

aw, I find the gaps beetween the teeth very, very cute!!
and I think all the girls had them, but I'm not that sure about Tatiana because it's kinda rare to see her with a big large smile on pictures.
but don't forget that at that time there weren't ortodontical treatments to make people's smile look better!
sorry by any language mistakes, as english isn't my main language.