United KingdomIn Tuam, County Galway, investigators have uncovered the remains of 22 additional infants at the former mother and baby home, which is believed to contain up to 800 buried corpses. The excavation, ongoing since July 2025, has so far recovered 99 bodies, with the latest findings located in a designated 'burial ground' area on the site’s southwestern edge. The remains are being transported to a specialized facility for forensic analysis, including radiology and 3D scanning, to determine details such as age, sex, and potential identities through DNA comparisons. This discovery follows the 2014 revelation by historian Catherine Corless of 796 death certificates for infants and young children, with no corresponding burial records. The institution, run by the Bon Secours Sisters for Galway County Council between 1925 and 1961, was part of a system that confined unwed pregnant women and forcibly separated them from their newborns.
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