Claimant's Reasons

[Romanov_fan]

I thought I would start this thread so people could contribute their understanding of what reasons claimants might have had for claiming to be survivors. There were many, but could you give you specific opinion on why, or possibly consider different cases, and then give your opinion on them. For my part, I think that desire to be somebody else, desire for fame/fortune, mental illness, and perhaps a person's confusion about their own past are reasons.

[Vasa]

Well for someone to claim they are from the Romanov family are doing it because they like them so much they want to be them. Maybe that makes sense? I don't think if they have a family history where someone in their family might have known one of the Romanovs or anyone with that status should have any problem telling people. If they tell a lie and elevate it to something completely ridiculous then it starts to be a problem. Most people are likely in their own little world.