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Johannes Froebel-Parker

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Mother ca. 1954 catching a few winks before supper. Recently sent by a cousin, never seen by this author. Her paternal side thought always to have originated in Sachsen-Weimar now more precisely Sachsen-Altenburg. Maternally a DNA connection to #Norwegian designer, @perSpook Shortly before her death mother insisted, when discussing aka Evgenia Smetisko alias HIH Anastasia Nicholaevna Romanov Grand Duchess of Russia, "It's her!" histriabooks.com/product/grand-duchess-anastasia @histriabooks by @froebelgallery

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A funny thing happened on the way to the Chicken Coop. Upon taking 3 hens as a gift to the German neighbor of friends, the conversation turned to #AnastasiaRomanov. "Ach! I have just read a book about imperial governess, Baroness Sophie (Isa) von Buxhoeveden. My great grandmother was from that family and was also named Sophie v. B." (Photo: Lyudmila and daughter, Sophie von Buxhoeveden). The author is a distant cousin of the Buxhoevedens, a topic of conversation which surpassed that of the hens! GRAND DUCHESS ANASTASIA: STILL A MYSTERY? http://histriabooks.com/product/grand-duchess-anastasia by @froebelgallery

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3D rendering of life size portrait by society painter Richard Banks of HIH Anastasia Nicholaevna Romanov (c 1963). Banks, along with Oleg Cassini, was on the board of directors of St Nicholas House Foundation in
@thenewportdaily
RI. Image appears in a number of books. Original in author's collection.
@histriabooks
http://histriabooks.com/product/grand-duchess-anastasia by @froebelgallery

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Museum at Orthodox monastery where former
@thenewportdaily
RI resident aka Eugenia Smith (Evgenia Smetisko) is buried, proclaims that the Icon of the Annunciation (S.G. Galkin & Co., Moscow, c. 1893) she had bequeathed it is "ANASTASIA'S Icon!" https://froebelgalleries.wordpress.com/2025/05/22/monastery-museum-acknowledges-that-alias-evgenia-smetisko-claimed-to-have-been-anastasia-romanov/ @histriabooks histriabooks.com/product/grand-duchess-anastasia @aetv @vacfoundation by @froebelgallery

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Even paint brushes have their own beauty. Here the Catskill, New York studio of Francis Eugene (F.E.) Green. He has presented workshops at
@olanafredericchurch
State Park
@nystateparks
and paints in a style reminiscent of the Hudson River School and the Luminists. His work can be seen at http://froebelgallery.net or by appointment with this author. His wife, Barbara, and he created a joint painting for this author's Grandpa Lamberton and The Great Shippe of Ghosts. https://authorhouse.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/864874-grandpa-lamberton-and-the-great-shippe-of-ghosts @ualbanyalumni by @froebelgallery

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Why dost thou search for me in Russia? I lie here in Upstate New York in an Orthodox grave in an Orthodox Cemetery in an Orthodox Monastery. Histriabooks.com/product/grand-duchess-anastasia Soon to be featured on A&E Network. @nyswritersinstitute @princessolgaromanoff @vacfoundation by @froebelgallery

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@mytrueancestry revealed dominant Danish Medieval Viking in genome. #Icelandic prominent in Mother's genome , while various Icelanders have attempted to speak to this author in Icelandic. One exclaimed, "I see a ghost of my Uncle Hans!" Where does he live, one asked. "REYKJAVIK!" This BEFORE DNA testing. by @froebelgallery

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In 1991 Michael Poborunchuk and wife, Irena, left Soviet Vladivostok to follow the path of Vitus Bering. When he reached the USA, he wrote a letter (copy in author's possession) to @NewportThisWeek RI resident alias Evgenia (Eugenia) Smetisko (Smith) addressing her as HER EXCELLENCY ANASTASIYA NICHOLAEVNA, asking permission to visit her. @histriabooks @princessolgaromanoff @vacfoundation @the_tsarskoye_selo @nyswritersinstitute histriabooks.com/product/grand-duchess-anastasia @aetv by @froebelgallery

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Pleasant to find
@dollyparton as a 13th cousin 2x removed via our mothers and via John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey who is 12th great grandfather to this author and 14th to Dolly. by @froebelgallery

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While 2D/3D VFR analyses (side by side and overlays) of Anastasia Romanov (various ages) and aka Evgenia Smetisko (Eugenia Smith) at age 62 show undeniable congruence, a new overlay with then 92 yr old aka Evgenia in Newport RI @newport.mansions confirms earlier findings. According to the late Bob Schmitt, VFR pioneer, "It's obviously the same person!" histriabooks.com/product/grand-duchess-anastasia @histriabooks @aetv @vacfoundation @nyswritersinstitute @simonandschuster by @froebelgallery

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1993 @thenewportdaily @newport.mansions Christmas with aka Eugenia Smith (Evgenia Smetisko) here imagined as HIH Anastasia Nicholaevna Romanov Grand Duchess of Russia histriabooks.com/product/grand-duchess-anastasia @vacfoundation @histriabooks by @froebelgallery

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https://froebelgalleries.wordpress.com/2026/08/09/a-newport-rhode-island-reunion-with-friends-of-evgenia-smetisko-alias-hih-anastasia-nicholaevna-romanov-grand-duchess-of-russia/ @histriabooks @nyswritersinstitute @vacfoundation by @froebelgallery

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