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Amy-Clare Martin

Baby born in rubble of Turkey-Syria earthquake is adopted by aunt and uncle - and renamed

She was born under the rubble of her family’s home in Syria after the devastating earthquake that killed her parents and four siblings.

Found by rescuers still connected to her mother by her umbilical cord, medics nicknamed the miracle tot Aya – Arabic for "a sign from God".

And as footage of her rescue went viral, thousands offered to take her in.

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