A Daunting Task
After making the surprising discovery, the Trecroces were left with the task of finding the elder sister. But, it didn’t take them long to comprehend the fact that it was not going to be an easy task as the sisters were put in separate orphanages when they had first arrived there.
Success!
The couple did, however, eventually manage to work out where the older girl was being looked after. They also learned that her name was Gianina Farcas and she had been born in 1995. This made her just one year older than Rodica.
Adopted Her Too
It turned out that both sisters had been in Arad the whole time. But it was only in 1997 that the Romanian girls would finally reunite, and it was all thanks to the diligent work of the Trecroces. And wonderfully, the couple officially adopted both sisters and took them back to Canada with them.
A Failed Attempt
Further research into Rodica and Gianina’s early lives, though, revealed that they were not their parents’ only offspring. In fact, they were two of eight siblings. Their new parents tried their hardest to track down one of their brothers but were unable to find him.
Changed The Name
The couple was very happy to have the sisters in their home. Consequently, they decided to change their name to Danielle and Sophie respectively. In order to retain the identity that their original parents had given them, the couple decided to make their original names the middle ones.
Harsh Conditions
Danielle and Sophie’s poor start in life was not uncommon in Romania in the 1990s. The country’s leader at the time, Nicolae Ceauşescu, was regarded as a harsh dictator. And he put in place some very stringent birth-control rules.