Baba Vaga was a controversial but revered blind soothsayer in Bulgaria, her powers are even said to have drawn Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev to see her.
Descendants - she died in 1996 - claim to have inherited her supposed ability to see into the future, though even they have said they are sceptical.
Baba had married Bulgarian soldier Dimitar Gushterov in 1942 and the pair moved to Petrich, Bulgaria. It was here where she slowly became known for her future-telling gifts. Dimitar eventually died after descending into alcoholism in 1962.
Musician Danijela Vranic is the 'granddaughter' of Baba and told Telegraf: "Dad was the one who refuted everything that Grandma said and didn't believe, even though she guessed. We certainly don't talk about her as a prophetess."
Danijela's father was Baba's nephew, and she added: "I definitely have a strong intuition, so much so that my friends are often amazed at how pronounced it is. It means a lot to me in my job because I always know if something will be right or not."
Despite her "intuition", Danijela said she never "wanted to talk about it too seriously."
Baba's sister Lyubka had three children Krasimira, Anna and Dimita, while Vanga herself had an adopted daughter.
Veneta wrote that Baba was a "strict but caring and loving mother".
Born in 1911 in what is now Macedonia, Vangeliya Pandeva Gushterova's upbringing is shrouded in mystery. Her followers claim she slowly went blind as a child when she was picked up and flung into a field by a tornado.
Baba's early life was difficult even with the blindness that began to afflict her. Her mother died when she was only young and her father is said to have struggled after he returned from fighting in World War 1.
She is said to have predicted the death of her brother Vasil, reportedly killed by the Nazis in 1944.
As her fame grew in Bulgarian, some became convinced of her abilities and even credit her with foreseeing 9/11.
Referencing 'steel birds' attacking Americans, the birds are supposed to be the hijacked aircraft that were flown into the Twin Towers, murdering thousands of people.
Baba predicted: "She said: "The American brethren will fall after being attacked by the steel birds. The wolves will be howling in a bush, and innocent blood will be gushing."
Not everyone was convinced by the 'Nostradamus of the Balkans' and the New York Times were in 1995 that "local people don't believe her".
They said: "She just looks at you, asks you what’s wrong and then repeats phrases she has memorised. A lot of what she does is for money.”
Indeed, most predictions have been somewhat wide of the mark and World War 3 did not break out in 2010.
