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Estela de Carlotto finds her 14th grandson that was missing from the 1970s. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

In the 1970s, the grandson of Estela Barnes de Carlotto, founder of Argentina's human rights group Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, was taken from her daughter while she was held captive. After decades, the family has found the missing grandson, who was born into captivity. After a DNA test, it was confirmed that the man in question is the "99.9 percent" the son of university activist Laura Carlotto.

"Thanks to God, thanks to life, because I didn't want to die without embracing him and soon I will be able to," said the 83-year-old grandmother at a news conference, reports the Associated Press.

Here are five fast facts about the case:

1. Laura Carlotto, the daughter of Estela Barnes de Carlotto, was a Peronist militant who was taken hostage in November 1977. She was pregnant at the time with a member of the Montoneros guerrilla group, Oscar Montoya, who was also taken captive and executed.

2. Laura Carlotto was killed shortly after she gave birth. She was shot in the head and in the belly. According to Estela Barnes de Carlotto, her daughter was shot in her belly in order to hide the fact that she had given birth.

3. The missing grandson was discovered when he wanted to get his DNA tested. He reportedly doubted his background and wanted clarity.

4. The family has yet to release the identity of the newly found grandson. According to Argentine media, the grandson is 36-year-old Ignacio Hurban, a director of a music school in southwest of Buenos Aires.

5. Many kidnapped children were illegally adopted during the time and de Carlotto has admitted that the parents who adopted Hurban "may have done so innocently." That said, she vouches to find the truth. "We don't have the whole story yet, but we are going to get it," she said.

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