Vetin Begdas finds her mother, who was thought to have died in the earthquake, thanks to a DNA test.

Turkey's Ministry of Family and Social Services says that a baby who spent 128 hours trapped in the rubble after the country's devastating earthquake in February has been reunited with her mother, who had been thought to be dead.

shutterstock.com - The picture is not real about the subject

Vetin Begdas, who is three and a half months old, was reunited with his mother Yasemin Begdas on Saturday, 54 days after she was saved from a damaged building in the province of Hatay.

After she was saved, the people in charge of her care gave her the name Gizem, which means "mystery."

The country's Minister of Family and Social Services, Derya Yanik, helped the two get back together after a DNA test showed that they were related.

"Bringing a mother back to her child is one of the most important things in the world," said Yanik. "It meant a lot to us, too, to be a part of that happiness."

On Monday, the minister sent out a tweet with a video of the reunion. In the video, Yasemin Begdas and the minister can be seen cuddling in Yasemin's hospital bed in Adana. From Ankara, where she was getting medical care, her baby was flown to her.

"Now Vetin is our baby, too," the minister said, adding that the baby would always have the support of the ministry.

Many people's hearts went out to Baby "Mystery." Photos of her rescue, along with those of other babies and toddlers rescued in the first days after the earthquake, were shared on social media.

"The baby is a miracle in every way. "It broke our hearts that she lived and didn't have any health problems," Yanik said.

Anadolu says that the father of the baby and two of the baby's brothers died in the earthquake, which killed more than 50,000 people.

The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) of Turkey said at the end of February that more than 44,000 people had died in Turkey alone. Also, the disaster is still having an effect on more than 20 million people.

SOURCE: NEWS AGENCIES