The French Navratil Brothers
This photo shows the infamous Titanic orphans—four-year-old Michel and two-year-old Edmond Navratil. The two French brothers were left without a parent after their father died on the ill-fated ship. They survived on the last lifeboat to leave the ship and were taken to New York, where they stayed for a month before their mother came to claim them.
She had not boarded the Titanic and stayed in France but recognized them from a newspaper photo. The Navratil family eventually returned to France, where the brothers spent the rest of their lives. Michel became the oldest surviving male of the shipwreck while his brother passed away in 1953.
