DNA tests have confirmed a Bulgarian Roma couple as the biological parents of Maria, a mystery blond girl whose discovery in a Greek Roma camp last week made global headlines. Sasha Ruseva, 35, and her husband Atanas, 38 were confirmed as Maria's biological mother and father by DNA testing 24 hours after police traced them to their home, in a Roma settlement on the edge of the small town of Nikolaevo. Mrs Ruseva, a mother of nine other children, admitted she had left the girl in Greece several years ago because she could not afford to keep her, but insisted that she now wanted her back. But the Roma couple with whom four-year-old Maria was discovered said they planned to seek legal custody. AFP and wires