DNA

 In 2006, another DNA test was carried out. This time, the samples of skeletons found in the Urals were compared with fragments of the relics of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna. L. Zhivotovsky, Doctor of Science, an employee of the Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, conducted a number of studies. He was assisted by colleagues from the United States. The results of this analysis were a complete surprise: the DNA of Elizabeth and that of the alleged empress did not match. The first thought that came to the researchers' minds was that the relics stored in the cathedral did not actually belong to Elizabeth, but to someone else. But this version had to be excluded: Elizabeth's body was discovered in a mine near Alapaevsky in the fall of 1918, she was identified by people who knew her closely, including the Grand Duchess's confessor, Father Seraphim. .

This priest later accompanied the coffin with

the body of his spiritual daughter to Jerusalem and did not allow any substitution. This meant that at least one body did not belong to members of the royal family.