Another startling discovery!


Happily, back home in Canada with two new baby girls, Ron and Natalie made yet another unexpected discovery about the young girls’ family tree: they had six other siblings! But obviously, they wouldn’t plan to adopt them too…right?

But they couldn’t be found


Ron and Natalie drained their means while trying to find those six other siblings, but without the help of a paper trail from Romania, it was hopeless. Those siblings still remain a mystery to this day, but maybe that was better for the pair—eight kids would have been a bit much!

Welcoming Sophie and Danielle


Even though they could not track down the rest of the siblings, Ron and Natalie were still happy to complete their dream. They were christened with new names too: Gianina became Sophie, and Rodica was now Danielle. But something didn’t feel right about the change though…

They wanted them to retain their heritage


Taking two little girls from their home country and then erasing all signs of their heritage and culture was not what Ron and Natalie intended. To mark the girls’ history and heritage, they turned Sophie and Danielle’s birth names into the girls’ new middle names.

A unique story


Sophie and Danielle’s story often attracted a lot of intrigues. How often do you hear about a pair of hopeful parents traveling halfway around the world to adopt a pair of sisters separated since birth? In fact, one documentary filmmaker who came to know of their story decided to make a film about it (though it’s been lost to time since).

Sophie wanted people to know


Years later, as an adult, when Sophie watched the film, she decided to make a shorter version to share on the Internet. She edited the full film into its shorter counterpart, which she uploaded to YouTube (though it has since been taken down), where it reached a huge amount of views.