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How DNA testing helped solve one of the Titanic's lingering mysteries

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Two-year-old Loraine Allison is believed to have been the only child from first or second class who died during the sinking of the Titanic. In 1940, Helen Loraine Kramer claimed to be the missing child. She launched a legal bid to be considered part of the wealthy Allison family and entitled to part of their fortune. The claims appeared to have died with Kramer, but the centenary of the sinking in 2012 saw Kramer's granddaughter restate the claim.
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How DNA testing helped solve one of the Titanic's lingering mysteries

In 1940, Helen Loraine Kramer claimed that she was in fact Loraine Allison, a member of a wealthy family and the only child first or second class believed to have died aboard the Titanic. In 2013, The Loraine Allison Identification Project put Kramer's claims to rest.

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Irish Central broke the news in on Saturday, April 22, 2023.
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