Victoria became the first person known carrier of hemophilia

Although the Queen herself is not the only one with hemophilia in her family, Victoria became the first person known carrier of hemophilia, a blood clotting disorder. The disease was passed on to members of royal and aristocratic families throughout Europe as a result of Victoria's broad pedigree. Even the Romanov Russian royal dynasty was connected to the hemophilia gene in a 2009 study published in the Journal of Science.

Several of her relatives have died from the illness, including Queen Victoria's son Leopold, Duke of Albany, who fell and died at the age of 30, as well as Friedrich and Leopold, two of Queen Victoria's grandchildren, who both bled to death from the agony. Leopold, Victoria's youngest son, has hemophilia B, and at least two of her five daughters, Alice and Beatrice, have the condition as well. Her great-grandchildren Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia; Alfonso, Prince of Asturias; and Infante Gonzalo of Spain all had hemophilia during the Victorian era. Prince Waldemar of Prussia, who passed away in 1945, is said to have been the last member of the royal family to carry the illness.

The modern scientists' opinion holds that Victoria's biological father was not the Duke of Kent but rather a hemophilia sufferer since the disease only affects Victoria's descendants and not her forebears. There is no verified proof that Victoria's mother has hemophilia, and even if he did, he would suffer severe sickness because carrier men have always had the condition. Because hemophilia is more common in offspring of older dads and Victoria's father was older than 50 at the time of her conception, it is more plausible that the mutation occurred spontaneously. In around a third of instances, spontaneous mutations occur.