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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A Titanic mystery that spanned a century was only recently put to rest when a woman who claimed to be a survivor and heiress to a considerable family fortune was exposed.
Editor s note:Â Â On April 15, 1912, the Belfast-built RMS Titanic sank, after colliding with an iceberg, killing over 1,500 passengers and crew on board. This was one of the deadliest commercial, peacetime maritime disasters in modern history and among those on board were many Irish.
IrishCentral takes a look at the Irish on board â the lucky, unlucky and heroic.
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One of the last great mysteries of the Titanic was solved in 2013 thanks to a DNA test which proved a woman who claimed she was a child survivor of the tragic Titanic sinking was a fraud.