In October last year, I received an email from a certain ‘Georg’, a Russian man, who approached me in regards to my partial Family Tree on Geni.com which displays some connections to Russian aristocratic families.
Not wasting any time on pleasantries, ‘Georg’, in an assertive and determined manner, presented himself to me as a descendant of Maria Nikolaevna — the third daughter of Nicolas II and Alexandra Feodorovna, the last Emperor and Empress of the Russian Empire. I was taken aback. Not that I am not open towards any possibilities or outcomes of a hundred or so year mystery but his approach was way too blunt.