Here are some links on the Vancouver pretender (false Alexei)
http://www.npsnet.com/alexei_found/
http://www.russia.com/forums/showthread.php3?threadid=8216
Way back in 2004 I first read about Tammet from posters here on AP.
My first reaction was the photo of Tammet and his ears which were not laying flat against his head like the Alexei's ears are in the many photos we have of him. So, my quick judgement was: I didn't think Tammet was Alexei.
I found Kendricks questions about Alexei's blood disorder very interesting. I hadn't thought about Alexei possibily having anything but hemophilia.
True, if Kendrick hopes to prove Tammet was Alexei then he'd have to prove Alexei didn't have hemophilia but a different blood disorder which had the same symtoms. Even though I didn't think Tammet was Alexei, this didn't stop me from wondered if Alexei's blood disorder was hemophilia.
For some reason, people have misinterpreted my questions about Alexei's blood disorder and some have even gone as far as claiming I'm trying to prove Tammet or Filatov or some other claimant is Alexei. I've yet to see any claimants who hve convinced me that he was Alexei or she was GD Anastasia or any of the other members of the Royal Family.
Back to Tammet and Kendrick's claim that Tammet was Alexei.
Kendricks believes Alexei did have not have hemophilia.
Not being an expert in blood dieases, I asked if there are any blood disorders which have the same symtoms as hemophilia. The answer is yes. Today's medical labs have provided us with different types of blood disorders which are similiar to hemophilia.
Kendricks claim that Tammet's blood disorder would have caused the same symtoms in his youth which were similar to what Alexei suffered. This in itself does not prove Tammet is Alexei.
Undesended testicle is another bit of evidence Kendrick provides. Once again, Tammet and Alexei seemed to have something in common. However, this does not prove Tammet is Alexei. Since one of my sons had the same when he was born, I remember asking the doctor about it, and, he said this was not uncommon. I never asked the percentage of how many boys are born each year with this condition, but I presume "common" means it's not out of the ordinary. To add to this, the doctor said not to worry that it was common for the testicle to drop before the age of 12.
I'm not even going to discuss the telegrams. Without even calling any one connected to royal weddings and telegrams, I assume that receiving ones from such occasions are not handled personally and there are people hired to handle the huge amount of mail received.
This morning I took another look at Kendrick site and saw Tammet with his ears sticking out. I guess I'm still stuck on his ears and cannot seem to get pass them. The ears continue to convince me he's not Alexei. Such a simple thing, ears. I know ears sometimes flaten against the head, as a person matures, but, as a boy matures, do ears go in reverse and end up sticking out like Tammet's. [Bear is asking a serious question and does not have tongue in cheek to prevent a smile.]
On Kendricks site he has the two photos side by side:
http://www.npsnet.com/tsarevich_alexei/index.html AGRBear
