Which is exactly why I find this so odd the children are as Australian as they are Italian
You have to remember that they have spent all aside from 2 yrs in Italy. So subtracting 2yr from their ages, 7 -13 yrs spent in Italy. I would say they are actually more Italian, than Australian. They are pretty much only Australian by descent. I know that that means they are Australian, but really, culturally, they aren't. They couldn't even speak a word of English when they left Italy.
Like my 9yr, been here since she was 3. Speaks with a accent, have Australian phrases, calls things by their Aus name. Even tho we aren't Australian, she is now culturally more Aus than she is British. She has all but the vaguest of memories of the UK. My 4yr old. Born here, is Australian. More Australian than she is British, despite her British heritage.
Redsilk Hidden sisters fb page.
I am also dismayed that the Australian family have set up a fb page asking for $$ to enable the girls to be bought back here. People ARE donating, but they are being conned. Mum will never get permission to keep the girls here now, no judge in the land would grant her that after the way she has played this all out. So those donating are wasting their money!
Only her daughters were gullible enough to believe her Unfortunately not! One of my friends is wholly on her side. Shouting down anyone who dares to say that the mother did anything wrong.
Mosman, she lied to the embassy. She told she had permission from their father to live here. She conned them so much that they even paid for airline tickets & gave her $$ for when she got here. They are secretly rescheduled her flights to help her "escape" earlier, as she said she feared the father would cause trouble at the airport.
All this time the father was under the belief that it was to be a short holiday. He had already said that he didn't approve of them living here, so in pretence she dropped that & took her time to persuade him to sign passport forms, saying that she would just have a holiday instead!