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| Argentina Plaza de Mayo activist finds 'stolen grandson' | Argentina Plaza de Mayo activist finds 'stolen grandson' |
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| An Argentine activist who searches for people who were snatched as babies by the 1970s military junta has been reunited with her own grandson. | |
| Estela de Carlotto said finding her grandson, a victim of the practice, was "reparation" for her and for Argentina. | |
| She said he had come forward for DNA testing because he had doubts about his own identity. | She said he had come forward for DNA testing because he had doubts about his own identity. |
| The junta snatched hundreds of babies from their opponents and gave them to sympathisers to bring up. | The junta snatched hundreds of babies from their opponents and gave them to sympathisers to bring up. |
| Ms Carlotto's daughter, Laura, was one of 30,000 left-wing activists who were killed during the 1975-1983 military rule. | Ms Carlotto's daughter, Laura, was one of 30,000 left-wing activists who were killed during the 1975-1983 military rule. |
| Ms Carlotto's organisation, The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, was formed to reunite biological parents with hundreds of children born in prisons and torture centres. | Ms Carlotto's organisation, The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, was formed to reunite biological parents with hundreds of children born in prisons and torture centres. |
| The group said her grandson was the 114th "stolen child" they have found so far. | The group said her grandson was the 114th "stolen child" they have found so far. |
| Most of the babies were handed to families who supported military rule, often simply to prevent them being raised by left-wing families. | Most of the babies were handed to families who supported military rule, often simply to prevent them being raised by left-wing families. |
| Empty chair filled | Empty chair filled |
| At a jubilant news conference surrounded by some of the grandchildren recovered by her organisation, Ms Carlotto said: "We've found what we were looking for. | At a jubilant news conference surrounded by some of the grandchildren recovered by her organisation, Ms Carlotto said: "We've found what we were looking for. |
| "Now I have 14 grandchildren with me. The empty chair is now filled, the photograph frames will carry a photo. | "Now I have 14 grandchildren with me. The empty chair is now filled, the photograph frames will carry a photo. |
| "My grandson, is handsome, an artist, a good boy, well brought up, and he searched me out." | "My grandson, is handsome, an artist, a good boy, well brought up, and he searched me out." |
| Ms Carlotto said he had gone to her organisation to talk about his concerns about his identity. | Ms Carlotto said he had gone to her organisation to talk about his concerns about his identity. |
| Argentina's dictatorship | Argentina's dictatorship |
| 1976: General Jorge Videla seizes power - thousands of political opponents rounded up and killed | 1976: General Jorge Videla seizes power - thousands of political opponents rounded up and killed |
| 1982: Videla's successor, General Leopoldo Galtieri, orders invasion of British-held Falkland Islands | 1982: Videla's successor, General Leopoldo Galtieri, orders invasion of British-held Falkland Islands |
| 1983: Civilian rule returns to Argentina, investigations into rights abuses begin | 1983: Civilian rule returns to Argentina, investigations into rights abuses begin |
| 2010: Videla sentenced to life imprisonment for murders during his term in office | 2010: Videla sentenced to life imprisonment for murders during his term in office |
| 2012: Videla sentenced to 50 years for overseeing systematic theft of the babies of political prisoners | 2012: Videla sentenced to 50 years for overseeing systematic theft of the babies of political prisoners |
| She said she had not know her daughter Laura had been pregnant when she was kidnapped by the military. | She said she had not know her daughter Laura had been pregnant when she was kidnapped by the military. |
| She had been told by another prisoner who had met her. | She had been told by another prisoner who had met her. |
| After her daughter's death, The Grandmothers had investigated who the father was and had contacted his family and asked him to give DNA blood samples to a blood bank in case the grandchild was ever found. | After her daughter's death, The Grandmothers had investigated who the father was and had contacted his family and asked him to give DNA blood samples to a blood bank in case the grandchild was ever found. |
| When her grandson had agreed to have his DNA tested, the sample was tested alongside other family samples already in the bank. | When her grandson had agreed to have his DNA tested, the sample was tested alongside other family samples already in the bank. |
| It had come out 99.9% positive he was her grandchild, Ms Carlotto said. | It had come out 99.9% positive he was her grandchild, Ms Carlotto said. |
| "We spoke to him by phone he was very emotional, but he said he was very happy and very well," said Ms Carlotto. | "We spoke to him by phone he was very emotional, but he said he was very happy and very well," said Ms Carlotto. |
| Estela de Carlotto said she and her family would leave her grandson in peace until he was ready to meet them. | Estela de Carlotto said she and her family would leave her grandson in peace until he was ready to meet them. |
| "We need to keep searching for other children so that other grandmothers can feel what I feel today," she said. | "We need to keep searching for other children so that other grandmothers can feel what I feel today," she said. |