Irina Santurdjiyan with relatives

This is a picture of my daughter Irina Santurdjiyan, nee Beraha (in the center), my granddaughter Lora Santurdjiyan, my sister, Eliza Eshkenazi, nee Delareya, who had just come to visit us from Israel, and my son-in-law Edmond Santurdjiyan. The photo was taken in the 1990s in Irina's home in Sofia. My son-in-law Edmond is a constructional engineer. He owns a post-work building company. My daughter is a dental mechanic. She makes dentures for children's teeth. My granddaughter Lora Santurjiyan was born on 10th July 1990, five days before my husband's death. Currently she studies both in the Jewish school and in the Alliance language school. The Jewish school is a good and prestigious school, therefore her parents chose it for her. She is an excellent student at both places. My son-in-law's mother is Bulgarian and his father is Armenian. In my granddaughter's veins flows Armenian, Bulgarian and Jewish blood.

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