In Argentina, what happened to the children of the 'disappeared' who were never returned to their next of kin?
Claudia Carlotto, coordinator of the National Commission for Right to Identity said,
"It is an open wound, an unfinished search, an unrepaired damage,"
Argentina's 'recovered grandchildren' seeking truth.
For three decades, the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, formed by mothers of the disappeared, have struggled to find their surviving grandchildren. They have scoured birth records, filed lawsuits, and established a DNA bank with samples from thousands of relatives. Thanks to their efforts, dozens of children were reunited with their families, but hundreds more, now adults, remained undiscovered.
"We have long said there will come a day when our grandchildren will search for us, and that day has finally come," said Rosa Tarlovsky de Roisinblit, 87, vice president of the Grandmothers group.