Niamh McConnell’s Reviews > A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children > Status Update
Niamh McConnell
is on page 239 of 528
So far, we learn about Dr King, a geneticist who becomes important in her discovery of MtDNA — of a living ID that connects between all mothers and their children, the flower that literally travels in their blood; emotions run high when grandchildren are recovered, with custody fights between the grandmothers and the adoptive families; and perhaps, a young man called Guillermo might be Rosa’s grandson Rodolfo?
— Aug 05, 2026 06:56AM
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Niamh McConnell
is on page 310 of 528
Onto the discovery of Guillermo, who is identified as Patricia and Jose’s son; as seen, there is the difficult circumstances of the grandchildren not wanted to be returned to their biological families and for their adoptive families to be prosecuted — in the last chapters, a question is asked: is identity a choice or a fact? Oh, and Videla dies after sleeping in the shower — so happy to have read that.
— Aug 13, 2026 07:44AM
Niamh McConnell
is on page 151 of 528
So far, the Madrés and Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo are born through the work of Azucena (who is betrayed and killed, only identified several decades later); Patricia is kidnapped with Mariana being left behind, with Rosa later discovering that Mariana gave birth to a boy called Rodolfo in ESMA; and now, a geneticist is being recruited. So far, both very saddening but heartening.
— Jul 30, 2026 10:49PM
Niamh McConnell
is on page 50 of 528
We’re introduced to Patricia, to her mother Rosa and her daughter Mariana — and any extension, the political chaos started by Peron, then by Isabel Peron and finally made worse by Videla. Already, the disappearances are beginning to start — the descriptions of the ESMA made me flinch, and I already knew about the Argentinian Dirty War.
— Jul 12, 2026 07:04PM