American Belle Barbu, who was kidnapped from a Romanian family and given to a couple from the United States for adoption, returned to her biological parents 25 years later. The Daily Mirror newspaper reports.
26 years ago, Babu was adopted by a family from the American state of Utah. At the age of eight, she learned from her parents that she was adoptive, and her biological father and mother voluntarily abandoned her. Then she was told that she was born in Romania.
Last year, Babu stumbled upon a Facebook group that helps foster Romanians find biological families. She decided to leave a message and, to her surprise, received an answer within 48 hours. The group administrator contacted Barbu’s 20-year-old brother, Moys.
Soon the girl found out about her other relatives, including her 33-year-old sister Simone and 29-year-old brother Floriana. It turned out that her biological parents – mother Margaret and father Zambila – now live in Rome. Three weeks later, they phoned their daughter on the phone.
They told Barb that in 1994, when she was born, the family was poor. The doctors lied to them that their newborn daughter was ill and died a few days later. In reality, the baby was sold and given up for adoption.
“When they were leaving the hospital, the nurse caught up with them and told the truth – that I was stolen and sold,” says the American. “My parents spent their last money on gasoline and drove around every orphanage they could to find me. But a year later the money ran out, and there was nowhere to return. “
The girl wanted to meet her parents and flew to them in Rome in 2019. “I felt a close connection with them. It was unbearable to part,” said Barbu. She plans to visit Margaret and Zambila again when the pandemic is over and people will be allowed to cross the borders freely.
Earlier it was reported that a resident of Great Britain found her own sister thanks to the for coronavirus free time. 32-year-old Teri Abimbola has been looking for her sister Joan Odwyer for many years, who was given to a foster family at birth.