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Reality star Kim Kardashian shared a family photo from Armenia Friday.

“Blessed,” she Instagrammed the image with husband Kanye West and their daughter North, 21 months.

She went on to share a shot with her husband and growing girl.

“My husband and daughter came to Armenia as well to see my heritage and learn about my ancestors! My cousins came along too! So excited I can’t sleep,” she wrote.

The KUWTK star, 34, and sister Khloé Kardashian were seen paying their respects to the Armenian Genocide Memorial in the country’s capital on Friday.

Joined by Kanye and cousins Kourtni and Kara, the famous sisters were seen at the memorial site in Yerevan – which is dedicated to the estimated 1.5 million Armenians killed by the Ottoman Turks at the beginning of the 20th century.

The Kardashians, who are of Armenian descent, placed bouquets of red tulips at the Tsitsernakaberd memorial’s eternal flame.

The Kardashians’ great-great paternal grandparents fled their small Armenian village of Karakale and the town of Erzurum (in what is now Turkey) in the early 20th century.

Their timely departure helped them escape the Armenian Genocide that began in 1915, and the Russian Revolution that followed two years later.

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Kim Kardashian & Family Visit The Yerevan Genocide Memorial
Kim Kardashian & Family Visit The Yerevan Genocide Memorial
Kim Kardashian & Family Visit The Yerevan Genocide Memorial
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