By Appo Jabarian / Executive Publisher / Managing Editor USA
Armenian Life Magazine
Most Armenians have a die-hard habit of asking a new
acquaintance: “Tseronq urdeghen en?” (“Where do your grandparents come from?”).
In the Diaspora and even in Armenia, whenever a group of Armenians gathers, a
“little” Armenia is created. One’s ancestor may turn out to be from Hadjin,
Marash, Aintab, Garin (Erzrum), Van, Mush, Sassoun, Baghesh (Bitlis), Kayseria,
Musa Ler (Dagh), Amasia, Zeytun, Sis, Adana, Ourfa, Dikranagerd and many other
lost Armenian localities in Turkish-occupied Western Armenia and Armenian
Cilicia.