Some relatives of this "Birds of America" naturalist claimed he was the Lost Dauphin of France
He 
claimed Louisiana as his birthplace in order to facilitate gaining ... Maria 
published "Audubon and His Journals," his family had destroyed the... [DOC] [TLE] About John James Audubon - Audubon Works of Art [PAR] The circumstances of his parentage may have been the basis for later claims that 
he was instead Louis XVII, the "Lost Dauphin" of France.