Note to New York Times From Marash Girl - Blog Post for Monday, January 4

To the Editors of the New York Times: Just wanted to let you know that my long since passed away grandma’s maiden name was “Kurgyzian”. She was born during the horrific times of the Armenian Genocide, witnessed the murder of her parents by the unmentionables (I won’t go into the details here) and later in life became blind . . . some say because of what she had witnessed.. My family and husband always tease me that I’m a “Kyrgyz” — although I was born and brought up in the United States of America, granddaughter of Yepros(née Kurgyzian). Just thought you might be interested, as I was, seeing your editorial entitled "BECAUSE OF AN EDITING ERROR”, in which the first paragraph makes reference to Kyrgyzstan, the first time I’ve ever seen my grandma’s place of origin in print in the New York Times!!!! Sincerely, Marash Girl