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Tamara Milograd went missing in 1971 when she was just 15-years-old
Her family from Victoria have been searching for her ever since
In March, Corrina Russell saw a photo of young Ms Milograd
She thought it resembled her mother Pauline and contacted police
Ms Russell been trying to find out more about her mother who died in 1976
A DNA test between the daughter and one of Ms Milograd's siblings found missing Tamara was in fact Ms Russell's mother

By Australian Associated Press and Sally Lee for Daily Mail Australia

Published: 10:12 EST, 23 May 2015 | Updated: 02:05 EST, 24 May 2015

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Two families have been united in Victoria following a DNA match which has ended a 44-year search for a missing person.

Tamara Milograd went to the Royal Melbourne Show when she was 15 and never returned.

Her family from Newport, south-west of Melbourne, did not stop searching for their daughter and sister since she disappeared in 1971.

But a shocking discovery recently found that Corrina Russell, who had been trying to find out more about her mother Pauline since her death in 1976, is in fact Tamara's daughter.

Tamara Milograd went to the Royal Melbourne Show when she was 15 and never returned. But a recent DNA match has finally ended the 44-year search

Eugene (left), Luba (middle) and Nick Milograd (right) together pleaded for information regarding their missing sister Tamara in 2010. She went missing from the Royal Melbourne Show in September 1971

In March, Ms Russell saw Tamara's photo on the National Missing Persons Coordination Centre website.

'She instantaneously got a hunch that that could be her mum,' acting detective sergeant Peter Tasiopoulos said on Saturday.

Cold case detectives used a family DNA matching technique used to identify Black Saturday victims to match Ms Russell with her uncle Nick Milograd.

'This was a family mystery for 44 years of not knowing where Tamara was,' Det Sgt Tasiopoulos said.

Tamara moved to country Victoria, added three years to her birth date, and became Pauline Tammy Russell.

She had two children before dying in a car accident.

Tamara's 90-year-old mother was able to find out the truth about her daughter after years of searching.

Although confronted with the tragic fact that her daughter had passed away, she was also excited at the fact she now had a granddaughter and a grandson, and great grandchildren, Det Sgt Tasiopoulos said.

The families issued a joint statement expressing their sadness and relief at the end of their long search.

'The Russell family are excited to finally meet Tamara's (Pauline's) family and look forward to learning more about Tamara's early life and getting to know their new family members,' they said.

The two families had a reunion recently after the DNA tests were confirmed.

Dr Dadna Hartman from the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine said the establishment of the Victorian Missing Persons DNA database helped link the two families.