An unidentified infant who died on the Titanic and was buried by Canadian sailors who named him the Unknown Child -- at long last -- is known. The child, a symbol of all the children lost to the Titanic tragedy in 1912, was Eino Panula, the 13-month-old son of retired Finnish bank clerk Magda Schleifer's great aunt. "First I thought this could not be true, said Schleifer, 68. But last month researchers successfully matched DNA remains taken from the grave to Schleifer. The child's coffin will remain in Canada.
Finn Found
An unidentified infant who died on the Titanic and was buried by Canadian sailors who named him the Unknown Child -- at long last -- is known. The child, a symbol of all the children lost to the Titanic tragedy in 1912, was Eino Panula, the 13-month-old son of retired Finnish bank clerk Magda Schleifer's great aunt. "First I thought this could not be true, said Schleifer, 68. But last month researchers successfully matched DNA remains taken from the grave to Schleifer. The child's coffin will remain in Canada.
