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More science: DNA matches through Alfred and Georgianna's children

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Christine's birth date of about 1881 discounts a few of Alfred and Georgianna's children as possible parents, including the oldest son, Alfred, who died two years before she was born, the middle son, Frederic, who didn't survive infancy, and probably also the youngest son, John, who would only have been about twelve at the time. Although it's theoretically possible that he could have fathered a child at that age, it is highly unlikely. Several sisters were already married by the time Christine was born. The eldest, Anna had married Richard D'Olier George in 1873 and had four daughters by the time of Christine's birth. Georgiana married William Hanning Lee in 1877 and had had a daughter and two sons by the time Christine was born. Ethel married William Webster Watts in June 1881, five months before the date Christine claimed as her birthday. It seems pretty unlikely that any of them could have had a child adopted without her husband finding out. The youngest da