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After nine years, a family separated by violence in the Congo was reunited with their mother in Lexington.

Christine Lumumba's three sons and husband now live in Lexington. They moved to the states after Christine was taken from their home in the Congo in 2001. The family had been told she was killed, but in 2008 they got word that she was alive.

The family enjoyed a tearful reunion at the Blue Grass Airport on Tuesday night.

Mapendo International, a humanitarian organization that rescues refugees and reunites families, reunited this Congolese family. For more information on the organization, visit www.mapendo.org .