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Russian adoption ban entangles North Georgia families
Romanos of Jefferson, others in limbo waiting on children
Bogdan and mom
Pam Romano of Jefferson plays with her potential adoptive son Bogdan in 2012 at an orphanage near St. Petersburg, Russia.
The last time the Romano family saw its potential adoptive son Yura, it was in an orphanage in the St. Petersburg area of Russia. They showed him cellphone pictures of his biological brother Bogdan, whom the Romanos had already begun the extensive process to adopt as well. “Yurah was like ‘Oh!