• Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world
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    4 of his great grandchildren are still around. One came forward publicly, not the rest as they mostly stay hidden since it was still taboo to admit who their great grandfather was until somewhat recently.

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    The rumor of Rasputin and the Russian Queen is much much older than the song though.

    I don’t think it was ever confirmed either. Tzar Nicholas did often leave to WW1 front to inspect troops (and other kingly duties), so it’s just Rasputin and the Queen left in Moscow…

    It might be bullshit. It might not be. But Rasputin’s family line were dealing with said rumors for a century or more.

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      Died in 1862 for those who are wondering, his grandson was born in 1928, 138 years after the birth of his grandfather.

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      WTF in a decade of sitting through Pointless only because it’s on at dinner time, how have I never heard Xander mention John Tyler?!?

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