Supposed Titanic Survivor Found to be Illegitimate - Sophia Davison

            Interestingly enough, ancestry.com has put out a certain amount of finality concerning a long awaited question of a young girl who claimed to be an unrecognized survivor of the Titanic tragedy. As like so many other stories of passengers from the Titanic, a young married couple were taking their two children across the Atlantic with them, one being a 2-year old named Lorraine, and the other a 7-month baby named Trevor, and were caught in the depths of the horrific sinking of the ship. The Allison's joyful and care-free trip had turned into a death trap, and The baby boy was thought to be the only one to survive the wreck, as he was seen to a lifeboat, along with the family's maid. The body of the father was the only one found, and the question of the mother and daughter's survival or despair remained unanswered and swept aside for twenty-eight years.
             At this time, Helen Kramer came to be known on the radio show "We the People" for her claim to be this lost Lorraine. The close relatives of the family were quite uneasy about the authenticity of the claim, keeping Helen Kramer out of any inheritance. Yet when she died in 1992, a granddaughter of the Mrs. Kramer ended up finding more backing for some chance that she could have been the missing child, saved from disaster in some way. As more research was done, and more theories nullified, a DNA test was considered to be the most accurate and telling action. Comparing the two DNA samples from both Helen Kramer and the Allison family, a certainty of 'no relationship' became official, and the truth revealed.
            There are actually many similar cases to this throughout the records of those lost in the Titanic tragedy, and through that we can see the truly horrific magnitude of this event. What an incredible loss of lives, yet with things such as DNA testing, a feeling of resolution can be obtained as more and more answers are found to the multitude of mysteries that besieged the event. This use of DNA similarity testing can be seen throughout history, disproving Anna Anderson's claims to be the Russian princess Anastasia, for disproving maternity and paternity time and time again, as well as currently to prove authentic Native American heritage and descent. As one can see, DNA testing has led to so many answers and different possibilities in the scientific realm of proving familial connections, and can be a source of comfort and resolution for many.


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