More than 3,000 Romanian families adopted children last year.

She has just turned 19, and spent her adolescence struggling with the rest of her Romanian family as they all settled in Chicago.

In 1885, 27 Romanian families settled on the island as colonists but were not successful in forming communities.

Romanian families adopted 3,500 children in 1993, a process that the Government says it is trying to encourage.

Romanian families seeking to adopt a child will not be subject to the waiting period.

In 2005, a Romanian family allegedly dug up the fresh grave of a suspected vampire and removed its heart.

Temporary foster care and adoption within Romanian families is also being encouraged.

Some people report cases where the Romanian families have pressed for money or some kind of material help.

She came here in 1989," he said, "and quickly moved to Montreal to live with a Romanian family.

Vîrnav is the name of an old Romanian aristocratic family.