CNN)A baby began her life surrounded by chaos and devastation this week.
Reportedly named Aya -- meaning 'miracle' in Arabic -- she was born under the rubble of Monday's deadly earthquake, still attached to her mother's lifeless body by the umbilical cord when rescue workers found her.
Her story certainly seems miraculous, as she survived for more than 10 hours under the wreckage of her family's five-story apartment building in northern Syria after it was leveled to the ground during the pre-dawn 7.8 magnitude quake.
We heard a voice while we were digging," the baby's cousin, Khalil al-Suwadi told the Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Tuesday. "We cleared the dust and found the baby with the umbilical cord (intact), so we cut it and my cousin took her to hospital."
Tragically, the baby's mother did not survive and is thought to have died hours after giving birth. In fact, the newborn is believed to be the sole survivor of her immediate family, her cousin told the news agency.
Orphan Aya -- who was reportedly named by medics -- is now receiving treatment at a children's hospital in the nearby town of Afrin, where pediatrician Hani Maarouf told AFP that she is stable but arrived with bruises, lacerations and hypothermia.
Footage of her incredible rescue quickly went viral online and drew international attention.
Many from around the world asked how they could adopt her. However, it has been confirmed that Aya's great-uncle, Salah al-Badran, will take her in once she is discharged from the hospital, despite his own home being destroyed in the earthquake, the Guardian reported.
According to UNICEF emergency communication specialist Joe English, adoption should never occur in the immediate aftermath of an emergency.
"Until the whereabouts of a child's parent or other close family members can be verified, each separated child is considered to have living close relatives," he told CNN. "Every effort should be made to reunify children with their families when suitable, if such reunification is in their best interest."
Similarly, 3-year-old Tariq Haidar was pulled alive from the wreckage of his home in Jandaris, northern Syria, 42 hours after the earthquake struck, Reuters news agency reported. He was taken to the hospital where doctors were forced to amputate his left leg.
His family did not survive. Malek Qasida, a nurse caring for him, told Reuters: "They pulled out his father and two of his siblings before him, dead." The body of his mother and a third sibling were later recovered from the wreckage, locals said, according to Reuters.