She thought the Holocaust wiped out her family – then found 50 living relatives

22 Aug 2026 • 9:16 PM MYT
The Independent
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She thought the Holocaust wiped out her family – then found 50 living relatives

  • Australian woman Adriana Turk, 74, believed she was her family's sole survivor following her brother's death last year, as she assumed all her other relatives had perished in the Holocaust.
  • After taking a DNA test to explore her heritage, Turk discovered more than 50 living relatives spread across the world.
  • Turk recently travelled to Tel Aviv to meet her 73-year-old cousin, Raanan Gidron, in person for the first time.
  • Together, the cousins are mapping out their family tree back to the 1300s and uncovering details about missing relatives from the Holocaust era.
  • Turk and Gidron described the reunion and meeting other newfound family members in Germany and Israel as an overwhelming and therapeutic experience.

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