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With the return of democracy, human rights groups in Argentina started searching for the grandchildren stolen from detained female guerrillas and civilians and adopted in military circle. At the time, the ''Asociación Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo'' (Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo or ''Abuelas''), had records of 172 children who disappeared together with their parents or were born at the numerous detention camps and had not been returned to their families.

With the return of democracy, human rights groups in Argentina started searching for the grandchildren stolen from detained female guerrillas and civilians and adopted in military circle. At the time, the ''Asociación Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo'' (Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo or ''Abuelas''), had records of 172 children who disappeared together with their parents or were born at the numerous detention camps and had not been returned to their families.

The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo now claim up to 500 grandchildren were adopted by military families. 121 were admittedly located and reunited with their biological families by late 2016.<ref>[http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/222555/the-story-behind-the-121st-grandchild%E2%80%99s-kidnapping  The story behind the 121st grandchild’s kidnapping]</ref>On 13 April 2000, the grandmothers received a tip off that the birth certificate of Rosa Roisinblit's infant grandson, born in detention, had been falsified and the child given to an Air Force civil employee and his wife. Following the anonymous phone call, he was located and agreed to a DNA blood test, confirming his true identity. Rodolfo Fernando, grandson of Roisinblit, is the first known newborn of missing children returned to his family through the work of the grandmothers. Roisinblit's daughter, 25-year-old Patricia Julia Roisinblit de Perez, who was a  Montoneros member, was kidnapped along with her husband, 24-year-old José Martínas Pérez Rojo, on 6 October 1978.

The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo now claim up to 500 grandchildren were adopted by military families. 121 were admittedly located and reunited with their biological families by late 2016 with the announcement that Gustavo Menna, son of Domingo ''Mingo'' Menna, and Ana María ''La Aní'' Lanzillotto (both ERP militants) had been discovered.<ref>[http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/222555/the-story-behind-the-121st-grandchild%E2%80%99s-kidnapping  The story behind the 121st grandchild’s kidnapping]</ref>On 13 April 2000, the grandmothers received a tip off that the birth certificate of Rosa Roisinblit's infant grandson, born in detention, had been falsified and the child given to an Air Force civil employee and his wife. Following the anonymous phone call, he was located and agreed to a DNA blood test, confirming his true identity. Rodolfo Fernando, grandson of Roisinblit, is the first known newborn of missing children returned to his family through the work of the grandmothers. Roisinblit's daughter, 25-year-old Patricia Julia Roisinblit de Perez, who was a  Montoneros member, was kidnapped along with her husband, 24-year-old José Martínas Pérez Rojo, on 6 October 1978.

The case of Maria Eugenia Sampallo (born some time in 1978) also received considerable attention. Sampallo sued the couple who adopted her illegally as a baby after her parents disappeared, both admittedly Montoneros. Her grandmother spent 24 years looking for her. The case was filed in 2001, after DNA tests indicated that Osvaldo Rivas and Maria Cristina Gomez were not her biological parents. They, along with Army Captain Enrique Berthier, who furnished the couple with the baby, were sentenced respectively to 8, 7 and 10 years in prison for kidnapping during the Kirchner government.

The case of Maria Eugenia Sampallo (born some time in 1978) also received considerable attention. Sampallo sued the couple who adopted her illegally as a baby after her parents disappeared, both admittedly Montoneros. Her grandmother spent 24 years looking for her. The case was filed in 2001, after DNA tests indicated that Osvaldo Rivas and Maria Cristina Gomez were not her biological parents. They, along with Army Captain Enrique Berthier, who furnished the couple with the baby, were sentenced respectively to 8, 7 and 10 years in prison for kidnapping during the Kirchner government.