Rrh-thanaii

Rrh-thanaii was a custom known to the Romulan people.

This ancient rite involved families that were enemies who sought to avenge wrongs by stealing the infants from their opposing family. The infant was sometimes killed or even allowed to grow up among the criminals or become an outcast. The cruelest form required the infant being left in the care of a stronger third party. In such circumstances, the grieving family had the chance of retrieving the child or simply see it raised by a powerful opponent.