The Armenian Genocide of 1915 produced countless orphans, many of whom were incorporated into the dominant Muslim population. Eyewitness accounts describe children being given away, bartered, abducted, and kidnapped. Data for this paper will be drawn from 200 oral history testimonies of Armenian Genocide survivors, collected from 1970 to 1980s, to describe the process of absorption into Muslim households and the children’s experiences in these new homes. This paper will utilize eyewitness testimonies of children being separated from their families, the circumstances surrounding the traumatic events, the motivations of those who handed children to Muslims, and the responses of the children. It will provide answers to the following questions: How were the children separated from their loved ones? How did they react to this abrupt change? How do they describe their experiences in their Turkish/Kurdish/Arab homes? Finally, how did they respond to pressures to relinquish their Armenian and Christian identities? During the Genocide, many Armenian children suddenly found themselves in foreign homes. Survivors recount that children were entrusted to Turkish/Kurdish/Arab neighbors or strangers by their parents in the hopes of saving them from harm and ultimately, death. Some children were used as pawns and bartered for food, for a few pieces of bread, or to ensure the safety of their remaining family members. Some children were abandoned by mothers who could no longer care for them. Lastly, there were children who were abducted from the bosoms of their loving parents. According to survivor accounts, the responses of Armenian children who had been incorporated into Muslim households varied from submission and a desire to please their new families, to resistance and defiance. One Armenian girl explained to her sister that the love and nurturing she received from her Muslim family influenced her to remain with them and accept them as her family. Other survivors describe rejecting attempts at assimilation, and engaging in defiant assertions of their ethnic and religious identities. This paper will use Armenian Genocide survivor narratives to provide insight into the circumstances surrounding the incorporation of Armenian children into Muslim households. Their experiences during this process, the trauma of separation from loved ones and of forced assimilation into a foreign household and culture, and their reactions to their new environments will be explored.