 After the fall and execution of Nicolae, some people from Scornicești claimed Andruță used to beat his wife and children, while the Romanian media alleged that he was an alcoholic.Nicolae's mother was Alexandrina ("née" Lixandra) (1888–1977), descendant of an officer in Tudor Vladimirescu's army.She was a very religious woman, and after his parents died, Nicolae Ceaușescu, an atheist, ordered that a church be built in their memory in Scornicești; their portraits still adorn its walls.