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In reply to the discussion: Irish police remove blonde child from Roma family [View all]moriah
(8,312 posts)120. Update: Tip Came In Through Facebook, Hospital Records Checking Out Legit Now?
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/roma-couple-take-dna-tests-to-prove-that-dublin-child-7-is-their-daughter-29687513.html
Gardai were also told by the family, who have other children, that the girl was born at the Coombe Hospital in 2006, but preliminary checks could not confirm that. However, an independent examination of the Coombe records yesterday showed that the woman had given birth to a daughter on the day she mentioned in 2006.
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A copy of the birth certificate of the girl that the Roma family based in Tallaght say was wrongly taken from them has been obtained by The Irish Independent. The publicly available document appears to back up the assertion by the Roma family that the seven-year-old girl is theirs.
The surname matches the names being given out by the family, as does the exact date and place of birth, the father's name, the mother's name, as well as her name prior to her marriage.
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The author of the Facebook message made reference to the case of Maria, the blonde girl found in a Roma camp in Greece who authorities believe was abducted, before adding: "There is also little girl living in Roma house in Tallaght and she is blond and blue eyes. Her name is. . . and the address is . . . I am from . . . myself and its a big problem there missing kids. The Romas robbing them to get child benefit in Europe."
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A copy of the birth certificate of the girl that the Roma family based in Tallaght say was wrongly taken from them has been obtained by The Irish Independent. The publicly available document appears to back up the assertion by the Roma family that the seven-year-old girl is theirs.
The surname matches the names being given out by the family, as does the exact date and place of birth, the father's name, the mother's name, as well as her name prior to her marriage.
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The author of the Facebook message made reference to the case of Maria, the blonde girl found in a Roma camp in Greece who authorities believe was abducted, before adding: "There is also little girl living in Roma house in Tallaght and she is blond and blue eyes. Her name is. . . and the address is . . . I am from . . . myself and its a big problem there missing kids. The Romas robbing them to get child benefit in Europe."
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Depending what their DNA is, there could be as high as 1/4 chance for the kid to be theirs.
Mass
Oct 2013
#16
estimates are ten million or so rom are around, you will never get exact numbers due to
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#34
Not talking about Roms, but about families with 2 dark eyed parents with blue eyed children.
Mass
Oct 2013
#40
I think another factor is that the romi families are less likely to have married outside their
okaawhatever
Oct 2013
#72
I know a woman who gave birth to a very dark-skinned black baby. She and husband were both white.
northoftheborder
Oct 2013
#84
My brunette, brown-eyed parents produced one ginger, one ash blonde and one platinum blonde.
politicat
Oct 2013
#106
it seems the hatred dies hard, i cant believe some of the posts i have seen recently
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#12
on a side note bathe the horse in salt water and tie a necklace of wildflowers
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#49
it does not work when it comes to hexes and curses. sometimes you have to go old school.
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#57
get ready for more of this, every rom child with red hair or blonde is going to be taken
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#13
Very easy to establish whether the child is actually related to the people claiming to be her
LisaL
Oct 2013
#15
heres the question, how many adopted kids share dna with their adoptive parents
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#17
Considering they claim to be bio parents and not adoptive parents, what would be the
LisaL
Oct 2013
#18
they are going to claim to be the bio parents regardless, thats what i am saying
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#23
Faking a birth certificate and lying about where the child was born is pretty nefarious in itself
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2013
#98
Unfortunately the Roma are going to have to establish real adoption records
riderinthestorm
Oct 2013
#19
what will happen is an exodus from certain countries as has happened before
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#27
Not to mention - given the general hostility, I would think that many avoid any contact
hedgehog
Oct 2013
#39
its a good analogy to make, and yes due to history you dont want the authorities
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#45
leaving will probuably be the only choice for most, i dont think there can be a resolution
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#56
plenty of places to disappear to, would not be the first time going underground
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#110
over the years there has been a lot of marraiges betwen the communities as you would expect
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#42
What no one has mentioned is that the Roma women have been targets of rape for centuries-
hedgehog
Oct 2013
#46
was not even going to touch that one, but yes its another way blood has enteredthefamilies
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#47
Not a maverick--just not up on all the details, which I think would change your mind.
MADem
Oct 2013
#62
i dont get this blonde thing either, there are plenty of rom who are blonde,
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#38
I thought these stories about Roma kidnapping kids had disappeared a long time ago.
Mass
Oct 2013
#29
its the media and an inbuilt bigotry within the public, waiting to see the next big expose
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#117
Irony of ironies - it's only been a few years since the scandal of the Magdelene laundries broke -
hedgehog
Oct 2013
#43
That was child trafficking, too, and it was just as wrong. Children, used as cash cows,
MADem
Oct 2013
#63
What they need to do is start requiring legal paperwork, and does europe not require Kids to attend
JI7
Oct 2013
#70
That's going to be the end result--DNA tests required for all home births may soon be law.
MADem
Oct 2013
#91
Everyone else's ancestors once belonged to a tightly-knit pre-industrial culture.
raging moderate
Oct 2013
#92
who exactly would give these guarentees, sorry but lies have been told before
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#111
it seems that its okay to hate on some minorities, wish there was a list somewhere.
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#118