Rhino
08-01-2007, 10:53 AM
Researchers Correct the Identity of Previously Unknown Child Who Died Aboard Titanic
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
HALIFAX — The nameless child who became a symbol for the many children who died aboard the Titanic has been identified — again.
After more DNA testing, Canadian researchers said Tuesday the child they declared a few years ago to be a 13-month-old Finnish baby is actually a 19-month-old English boy.
"It's very easy to say you got this wrong, but nevertheless that is how science works, and you do change your ideas and you do change your theories," said Ryan Parr, the lead researcher in the case.
The Finnish boy's relatives, who even traveled overseas to visit the boy's small plot in a Halifax cemetery, have been notified. The news must have come as a disappointment, Parr said....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291639,00.html
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
HALIFAX — The nameless child who became a symbol for the many children who died aboard the Titanic has been identified — again.
After more DNA testing, Canadian researchers said Tuesday the child they declared a few years ago to be a 13-month-old Finnish baby is actually a 19-month-old English boy.
"It's very easy to say you got this wrong, but nevertheless that is how science works, and you do change your ideas and you do change your theories," said Ryan Parr, the lead researcher in the case.
The Finnish boy's relatives, who even traveled overseas to visit the boy's small plot in a Halifax cemetery, have been notified. The news must have come as a disappointment, Parr said....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291639,00.html