RUSSIAN - DNA

The remains were exhumed near Yekaterinburg, where the tsar, his wife, their four daughters and son, together with several servants, were shot by the Bolsheviks in 1918 shortly after the revolution which brought them to power.

Tests on the bone fragments have been carried out by Russian and foreign scientists.

Initial studies revealed that the remains belong to a boy of about 12-14 years of age and a 16-18-year-old girl. DNA tests conducted proved positive.

The tsar and his family members' remains were also discovered near Yekaterinburg in 1991. They were authenticated in a series of tests in Britain, the U.S. and Russia