During the 1994 Rwandan Genocide Jeanette Chiapello, her birth name being Beata Nyirambabazi, was thought to be an orphan when she was found alive among 10,000 dead at the Nyamata Catholic Church. That church is now a genocide memorial site. At the time her father and mother took rufuge at different sites; her mother took Jeanette, her twin sister, and brother, while her father went with her other three siblings to a different location. Jeanette's mother and siblings were among the Tutsi that were killed by the Hutu.When her father, Sebarinda, learned of the tragedy he went to the orphanage, but had to leave her there while he thought of a way to get her back. Unfortunately, Sebarinda was never able to get her back because she was sent to Italy to be adopted.
For twenty-three years the pair were separated, but after ten years of searching by Jeanette's brother, and repeated denials by Jeanette, the family was reunited which was confirmed by a DNA test. She and her husband were welcomed by a traditional ceremony in the district of Bugesera.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/oct/31/father-finally-reunited-with-daughter-lost-in-chaos-of-rwanda-1994-genocide
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