THE KING'S SON

This is the ultimate cold case, a 125 year old mystery hidden in plain sight.

This book pieces the evidence together that William James Shepherd was closely related to a member of the British Royal Family.

The case is built-up and includes clues that lead to a clear path forward - readied for a compelling conclusion and resolution to the mystery.

If you like puzzles and a story that twists and turns with lots of detail – then you have the right book. If you like analysis with just a touch of mystery, then you also have the right book. If you want an “easy read” book, you may have the wrong book.

This book is about determination to get to the bottom of a family rumor and mystery.

This is a story of intrigue and challenge about a man who left enduring clues during his lifetime about his origins. The clues appear to have been left in a subliminal manner, and at times it was like participating in a movie somewhat like the “Da Vinci Code”, with clue after clue being uncovered together with their meaning.

This book is about how my maternal Grandfather William James Shepherd mysteriously arrives in Australia in the early 1900’s, with the skills to be able to play the Double Bass and then goes on to become Australia’s No. 1 performer.

And yet in 1901, he is Census listed as a “Pauper Inmate” (age 10) in a London Workhouse orphanage - straight out of the pages of the book “Oliver Twist”.

William throughout his life, due to his looks and mannerisms, is often compared to various members of the then British Royal Family born in the late 1800’s / early 1900’s.

Even today some of William’s descendants continue to have comparisons made with various members of the current British Royal Family.

DNA tests are used to set a test to prove the link, including the invention of a system and process that enables the parsing of atDNA in to the component ancestors of the DNA tester. 

The suspense in determining what is true and what is false – together with the patience needed to try to obtain DNA matches, makes for very interesting twists and turns, as the story progresses.

So based on the evidence collected and presented in this book ……. Was William James Shepherd indeed related to the British Royal Family?

The Puzzle as to who my Grandfather’s paternal family line was is ultimately solved in this 3^rd Edition of this book, which proves William James Shepherd’s close relationship to the British Royal Family, as my Grandfather is shown to be a maleline descendant of the Royal House of “XYZ” – refer Chapters 8 onwards for the answer.

The 2^nd Edition was 200 pages whereas this 3^rd Edition is 550 pages – noting they are small 9” x 6” pages. This a detailed book, full of interlocking data and analysis.

Additionally, as a result of this investigation additional Royal Haplogroups have now been discovered and are documented in Chapter 10. There are some major surprises.

Brad Michael Little