At 11:25 AM 27-02-08 +0000, you wrote:   >  This is a news which appeared recently. Any comments ? >   >  P. K . Saha >   >   >  Goddard says he is the great grandson of the Maharaja >  LONDON: Maharaja Duleep Singh seems to have acquired a new great grandson. A retired debt recovery officer in London has just discovered that the blue bloodline of the last king of the Sikhs runs through his veins. >  Bob Goddard stumbled across his royal past during a routine blood test. The 64-year-old is a regular blood donor and has the most common type of blood, O positive. But tests by the National Blood Service revealed that Goddard has an unusual combination of minor blood groups found only in people of Asian or African origins. “I’ve always been a regular blood donor,” said Goddard. “A doctor telephoned me and told me my blood group was very unusual with factors not seen in white northern Europeans,” he added. >  Goddard told a cousin who was researching their family tree about the discovery. He said said there was a mystery about who their grandfather’s parents had been. Goddard found that his grandfather Charlie Goddard was born in 1888 and was the illegitimate son of an unmarried serving maid at the aristocratic Breckles Hall in Norfolk. “She would never say who the father of her child was but it was rumoured that he was an Indian prince who stayed at Breckles Hall,” said Goddard. >  Maharaja Duleep Singh was born in 1838 and lost his kingdom to the British when he was only 11. He later set up residence in Elveden Hall in Suffolk in the UK and in 1864 married Bamba Muller, the daughter of a German missionary. She bore him three sons and three daughters ­ none of whom officially had children. >  Although Goddard said it was not impossible for Duleep Singh to be his great grandfather, it is more likely to be his second son Frederick. Prince Freddy, born in 1868 was a renowned ladies man like his father and lived at Breckles Hall when Charlie Goddard was born. Bob Goddard was born in Harrow in 1944 to Charlie’s son Stanley and his wife Olwen. Modest about his possible links to Indian royalty Goddard said “it’s interesting, but it doesn’t have any real effect on me.” > Pabitra, an interesting article which seems to have caused bit of a splash as its been covered in a number of online English and Indian papers. It certainly sounds plausible. Another article mentioned (possibly tongue in cheek) that in Tetford today it is possible to detect the Duleep Singh nose. He apparently paid for the education of a number of children. Cheers, Henry

High time we buried the saga of Duleep Singh and his descendants.All it does is to provide food for extreme right-wingers to propound their crazy theories. Mandeep On 03/03/2008, Henry Soszynski <h.soszynski@uqconnect.net> wrote: > > At 11:25 AM 27-02-08 +0000, you wrote: > > > This is a news which appeared recently. Any comments ? > > > > P. K . Saha > > > > > > Goddard says he is the great grandson of the Maharaja > > LONDON: Maharaja Duleep Singh seems to have acquired a new great > grandson. A > retired debt recovery officer in London has just discovered that the blue > bloodline of the last king of the Sikhs runs through his veins. > > Bob Goddard stumbled across his royal past during a routine blood test. > The > 64-year-old is a regular blood donor and has the most common type of > blood, O > positive. But tests by the National Blood Service revealed that Goddard > has an > unusual combination of minor blood groups found only in people of Asian or > African origins. "I've always been a regular blood donor," said Goddard. > "A > doctor telephoned me and told me my blood group was very unusual with > factors > not seen in white northern Europeans," he added. > > Goddard told a cousin who was researching their family tree about the > discovery. He said said there was a mystery about who their grandfather's > parents had been. Goddard found that his grandfather Charlie Goddard was > born > in 1888 and was the illegitimate son of an unmarried serving maid at the > aristocratic Breckles Hall in Norfolk. "She would never say who the father > of > her child was but it was rumoured that he was an Indian prince who stayed > at > Breckles Hall," said Goddard. > > Maharaja Duleep Singh was born in 1838 and lost his kingdom to the > British > when he was only 11. He later set up residence in Elveden Hall in Suffolk > in > the UK and in 1864 married Bamba Muller, the daughter of a German > missionary. > She bore him three sons and three daughters ­ none of whom officially had > children. > > Although Goddard said it was not impossible for Duleep Singh to be his > great > grandfather, it is more likely to be his second son Frederick. Prince > Freddy, > born in 1868 was a renowned ladies man like his father and lived at > Breckles > Hall when Charlie Goddard was born. Bob Goddard was born in Harrow in 1944 > to > Charlie's son Stanley and his wife Olwen. Modest about his possible links > to > Indian royalty Goddard said "it's interesting, but it doesn't have any > real > effect on me." > > > Pabitra, an interesting article which seems to have caused bit of a splash > as > its been covered in a number of online English and Indian papers. It > certainly > sounds plausible. Another article mentioned (possibly tongue in cheek) > that in > Tetford today it is possible to detect the Duleep Singh nose. He > apparently > paid for the education of a number of children. > Cheers, > Henry > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-ROYALTY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >