WI: Victoria isn't a haemophiliac carrier

The heamophilia gene that Victoria passed to some of her children was a freak mutation and could easily be avoided. Let us say that Victoria is concieved and born exactly as OTL except the freak mutation never occured.

What would happen?
 
The heamophilia gene that Victoria passed to some of her children was a freak mutation and could easily be avoided. Let us say that Victoria is concieved and born exactly as OTL except the freak mutation never occured.

What would happen?

The first immediate effect (also probably the most famous) is Alexi Romanov. he may still be a somewhat sickly boy, but he will be a fair bit healthier. Now, because of this, the Czarina is going to be less overprotective of him, which always puzzled the Russian people (of course, they were never told). This removes a minor cause of the Russian Revolution, and ensures that Rasputin will (almost certainly) never approach the level of prominence he had in OTL; thus eliminating a major cause of the Russian Revolution (and that prophecy of his, assuming it has any real meaning). Whether or not this will be enough to allow the romanovs to retain the throne is questionable, but if they do, the succession is ensured.
 
The first immediate effect (also probably the most famous) is Alexi Romanov. he may still be a somewhat sickly boy, but he will be a fair bit healthier. Now, because of this, the Czarina is going to be less overprotective of him, which always puzzled the Russian people (of course, they were never told). This removes a minor cause of the Russian Revolution, and ensures that Rasputin will (almost certainly) never approach the level of prominence he had in OTL; thus eliminating a major cause of the Russian Revolution (and that prophecy of his, assuming it has any real meaning). Whether or not this will be enough to allow the romanovs to retain the throne is questionable, but if they do, the succession is ensured.

Who are the other royal haemophiliacs?
 
The first immediate effect (also probably the most famous) is Alexi Romanov. he may still be a somewhat sickly boy, but he will be a fair bit healthier. Now, because of this, the Czarina is going to be less overprotective of him, which always puzzled the Russian people (of course, they were never told). This removes a minor cause of the Russian Revolution, and ensures that Rasputin will (almost certainly) never approach the level of prominence he had in OTL; thus eliminating a major cause of the Russian Revolution (and that prophecy of his, assuming it has any real meaning). Whether or not this will be enough to allow the romanovs to retain the throne is questionable, but if they do, the succession is ensured.

So really, we should be blaming Queen Victoria for Communism.;)
 
The heamophilia gene that Victoria passed to some of her children was a freak mutation and could easily be avoided. Let us say that Victoria is concieved and born exactly as OTL except the freak mutation never occured.

What would happen?
I've Been Thinking about this a LOT Myself, Mostly Because of Richard Dawkins' Excellent Book, The Ancestor's Tale ...

Damn Edward, Duke of Kent, And his August, yet Inept, Testicles ...

European Royalty would Probably Retain their Titles Longer than in OTL, Czarevitch Alexei being Only The Most Public of The Many Destabilizing Sufferers; Ironically, The British Royal Line is One of The Few Spared Just Such a Private Embarrassment!
 
European Royalty would Probably Retain their Titles Longer than in OTL, Czarevitch Alexei being Only The Most Public of The Many Destabilizing Sufferers; Ironically, The British Royal Line is One of The Few Spared Just Such a Private Embarrassment!

Agreed.

The reason the British were "spared" is because of the nature of haemophilia. With the exception of spontaneous mutation, Haemophilia manifests itself in men, but is inheireted from the mother. So if Edward VII did not inheiret it from his mother, he would not get it, and either way the disease dies out in the next generation (and victoria also had several other healthy sons). Women have about a 50% chance of passing on the defective gene to their daughters; Victoria had two daughters which had the gene and three who did not, although Louise died without issue and it is unclear whether Helena had it or not (although going by the percentages it looks as though she did not). So the danger beyond Victoria's children was really only to houses which had members of the British royal family marry into them.

edit: Alix, who later became Czarina Alexandra and wife of Nicholas II, once had a marriage proposal from the once prince of wales, Albert Victor (he died, and his brother became George V). Since she is known to have been a haemophilia carrier, it could have returned, either in a male child, or in a female child, who might become the queen (after all, alexandra had 4 daughters before she had a son in otl), or who might have continued the disease in European nobility. He might die without issue, but if he has a child with alexandra, then the child could keepthe blood disease in the upper reaches of British nobility. just wanted to mention this, and sorry I forgot it the first time.
 
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