The British tabloid The Sun dedicated a whole article to the famous socialite Kim Kardashian’s family after visiting the village, were the family of one of world’s most famous Armenian originates. The paper also presented photographs of Kim and the village.

Thus, the television star’s great-grandfather come from Karakale village in the eastern part of Turkey, close to the border of present day Armenia.

One of the residents of the former Armenian village pointed out a mosque which once used to be a church.

“Armenians once lived here,” he stated.

“I asked whether bloodshed had been here, but the armed Turkish soldier accompanying us ordered him not to answer,” the author of the article Oliver Harvey writes.

The parents of Kim’s great-grandfather who were members of the “Jumpers” sect left their homeland before the genocide in 1913. With their son Tatos they left for Los Angeles. Arriving in the City of Angels Tatos changed his name to an English one, Tom, and started working on garbage disposal. He marries another immigrant from Karakale Hamas Shakarian and soon gets engaged in the production of meat products.

The largest meat factory in California belonged to Kim’s grandfather Arthur, it is stated in the article.

Kim’s father Robert was a lawyer for show business stars. He died of cancer in 2003.

The author writes that many residents of Karakale have not heard of their famous compatriot.

“We were surprised finding out that Kim Kardashian is from our village, but we would much enjoy if she visited us,” one of the villagers said.