Each DNA confirmation that a missing grandchild had been found and reunited with their biological family, usually accompanied by legal action against the "mother and father" who had appropriated them, has been greeted with joy across the political spectrum.
Despite her 96 years, Rosa says she is not about to give up anytime soon the fight for the missing grandchildren her association is still looking for.
"The search for the missing grandchildren requires total commitment.
Mariani participated in a protest with the Madres and soon formed another group, with de la Cuadra and ten other Madres who were also looking for missing grandchildren.
Identifying and finding missing grandchildren turned into her life's mission, with every success representing one more blow against the murderous junta.
The discovery brought tremendous joy to the Grandmothers, especially because of the fact that the case of their founding member, who has worked so hard in solving the cases of other missing grandchildren, has finally been solved.
With hundreds of grandchildren still unfound, they have set up a DNA bank with samples from their own DNA to ensure that anyone who suspects they are a "missing grandchild" can step forward after they are gone.
An excruciatingly difficult search led her through three decades of legal action against police officers, military officers and doctors involved in the "missing grandchildren" cases.
I faced the prospect of more rapidly declining health as I age, a premature death, and missing my grandchildren's graduations and maybe a wedding or commitment ceremony or two.
I hope they will also come for Nanny, an ordinary woman who loved music, missed her grandchildren and was willing to fight bureaucracy for them so they can have a sewing machine.
