Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleAdriana Turk, 74, meets her cousin Raanan Gidron, 73, for the first time (MyHeritage DNA)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. In fullWoman who thought family was killed in the Holocaust meets relatives she didn’t know existedMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
She thought the Holocaust wiped out her family – then found 50 relatives
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleAdriana Turk, 74, meets her cousin Raanan Gidron, 73, for the first time (MyHeritage DNA)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. In fullWoman who thought family was killed in the Holocaust meets relatives she didn’t know existedMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
