ied ▁in ▁ 8 2 0 ). ▁D ied ▁soon ▁after ▁his ▁cas tr ation . ▁ ▁The ▁existence ▁of ▁a ▁daughter ▁has ▁been ▁deb ated ▁by ▁histor ians ▁and ▁gene alog ists . ▁The ▁tent ative ▁name ▁" An na " ▁has ▁been ▁suggested . ▁ ▁Possible ▁descend ants ▁Nicholas ▁Ad ont z ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁The ▁age ▁and ▁orig ins ▁of ▁the ▁em peror ▁Bas il ▁I ▁( 1 9 3 3 ) ▁expressed ▁a ▁theory ▁that ▁Leo ▁V ▁and ▁The odos ia ▁were ▁ancest ors ▁of ▁Bas il ▁I . ▁The ▁theory ▁was ▁partly ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁account ▁of ▁his ▁ancest ry ▁given ▁by ▁Const antine ▁VII , ▁a ▁grand son ▁of ▁Bas il ▁I . ▁Also ▁the ▁accounts ▁given ▁by ▁The oph anes ▁Cont inu atus . ▁ ▁Bas il ▁I , ▁according ▁to ▁this ▁accounts , ▁was ▁a ▁son ▁of ▁pe as ants . ▁His ▁mother ▁is ▁named ▁by ▁Const antine ▁VII ▁as ▁" P ank alo ". ▁The ▁name ▁of ▁his ▁father ▁was ▁not ▁recorded . ▁The ▁names ▁Sym b ati os ▁and ▁Const antine ▁have ▁been ▁suggested . ▁Both ▁were ▁names ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁el dest ▁sons ▁of ▁Bas il . ▁With ▁el dest ▁sons ▁of ▁By z ant ines ▁typically ▁named ▁after ▁their ▁grand f athers . ▁ ▁The ▁pat ernal ▁grand father ▁of ▁Bas il ▁is ▁named ▁as ▁Ma ia ct es . ▁The ▁pat ernal ▁grand m other ▁was ▁not ▁named ▁but ▁was ▁identified ▁as ▁a ▁daughter ▁of ▁" Le o ", ▁a