Margarita Mkhitaryan was born in 1915 in Kars. She escaped the massacres with her mother and brother in 1917-1918.

She can’t recall much about those days. She has spent the last years of her life in Yerevan, Armenia. Margarita has eight children. Now it is her daughter, Gayane, 61, and her daughter-in-law Lilya, 65, who care for her. 

Gayane Mkhitaryan, 61, and Lilya Mkhitaryan, 65, outside their house in Yerevan.

Margarita Mkhitaryan, 100, sleeps in her bedroom in her home in Yerevan. 

Lilya Mkhitaryan, 65, is the daughter-in-law of Genocide survivor Margarita Mkhitaryan, 100.  Lilya bathes her mother-in-law and make sure she eats properly. 

Margarita Mkhitaryan, 100, sleeps in her bedroom. 

A portrait of Gayane Mkhitaryan, 61, daughter of Genocide survivor Margarita Mkhitaryan. Gayane recalls her mother telling her stories of their escape from Kars, Turkey, to Armenia.

Gayane Mkhitaryan, 61, and Lilya Mkhitaryan, 65, in their house in Yerevan. 

Gayane and Lilya Mkhitaryan dress Margarita Mkhitaryan, who turned 100 this year.  

Gayane Mkhitaryan, 61, and Lilya Mkhitaryan, 65, help Margarita Mkhitaryan get dressed after a nap.

Genocide survivor Margarita Mkhitaryan, 100, rests her hand on her bed. 

Lilya Mkhitaryan, 65, prepares a meal for her mother-in-law.

Genocide survivor Margarita Mkhitaryan, 100, rests on her bed in Yerevan, Armenia.

Photography by Diana Markosian and Karen Mirzoyan