Tests confirm Bulgarian couple are Maria’s parents

DNA tests have confirmed that a Bulgarian Roma couple are the parents of a mysterious girl in Greece, known as Maria, authorities said.

Genetic profiles of Sasha Ruseva and her husband Atanas matched that of the girl, said Svetlozar Lazarov, a Bulgarian interior ministry official.

Ruseva, 35, has said she gave birth to a baby girl four years ago in Greece while working as an olive picker, but gave the child away because she was too poor to care for her.