One of the things the Turks did was to cut off the hands of Armenian children. One contemporary account from a soldier says that there were so many hands in one place he saw, you could have paved the road with them.
"Nearly 100 years later, Armenian families are still adversely affected by the loss of so many of their men, women and children as family surnames and familial lines dwindle and are extinguished."
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The above quote is very true......