Ignacio Montoya Carlotto tells his life: the decision not to be called Guido and the responsibility of being Estela Carlotto's grandson | CNN

Estela de Carlotto's grandson talks about his life 2:03

(CNN Spanish) -

Ignacio Montoya Carlotto's is one of the most resonant and emotional stories of the 130 grandchildren who have recovered their identity in Argentina thanks to the work of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo association.

Ignacio (as he chose to call himself and not Guido, the name his biological mother had given him) is the grandson of Estela Carlotto, the president of Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, with whom he met again in August 2014 after 36 years of intense search.

The man, who is now 43, had voluntarily submitted to a DNA test because he doubted his identity.

He suspected that he could be one of the grandchildren stolen from the disappeared during the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina between 1976 and 1983.

A musician by profession, Ignacio Montoya Carlotto was born in captivity in 1978. His mother, Laura Carlotto, one of Estela's daughters, had been kidnapped in 1977 by a task force from the Argentine dictatorship.

After giving birth at the Buenos Aires Military Hospital in June 1978, she was murdered.

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The musician was raised as Ignacio Hurban by another family in Olavarría, a city located in the southeast of the province of Buenos Aires.

María O'Donell and Ernesto Tenembaum, presenters of the Conectad2 program, spoke with Ignacio Montoya Carlotto, who went through his history, vindicated his adoptive parents and, among other things, recognized that being the grandson of Estala Carlotto is a great responsibility.

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Don't miss the interview on Conecta2, on CNN en Español this Saturday at 9:00 pm (Miami time).

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