( CNN ) -- The list of relatives Widline Germain has not heard from since Haiti 's earthquake seems like a town population in itself . `` When you count our extended family -- the dozens of cousins and aunts and uncles -- there 's several hundred of us in Haiti , and we do n't know where most of them are , '' she said from her home in Binghamton , New York . On January 11 , the day before the magnitude-7.0 earthquake hit , the 25-year-old who recently graduated from SUNY Cortland returned to New York from an extended New Year 's holiday in Haiti . Drawing attention to a photo of the Haitian presidential palace lit up with Christmas lights , a tree decorated on its grounds , she said , `` It 's like I 'm stuck in a horrible dream . The bed I was sleeping in the day before the earthquake is dust . '' On Thursday , Germain went through the names of relatives -- she says she has about 400 in Haiti -- whom she and her parents are searching for and whom they know are gone . Elise and Benson Germain and their son Junior Germain , missing . Marie Nerla Nicolas and Wilkense Nicolas , missing . `` I lost a cousin on my father 's side . My mother lost her sister and all four kids , '' she said . `` There are 10 missing on my mother 's side and eight missing on father 's side . '' Learn more about some of Germain 's missing relatives . She described a mentally disabled uncle who reported being attacked by thugs in Port-au-Prince . Many of her family members live in Jérémie , a river town of about 31,000 that is largely isolated from the rest of the country . `` The ones in Jérémie , I do n't think most rescuers are getting to the smaller towns , '' she said , pausing . `` All my little cousins -- like ages 2 to 7 -- how are they ever going to be able to get over walking over dead bodies in the street ? `` They were telling us on their cell phones that they do n't have water . They have nothing , '' Germain said . `` We are here , and we ca n't do anything for them . My family is there starving and thirsty , sleeping on the street -- elderly people sleeping on the street -- and I 'm here with water and food . I ca n't stand this . It 's wrong . '' She and her father and their extended family in New York are prepared to take everyone in . `` It 's going to be hard , but we have college degrees , jobs , a big house , '' she said . `` We 're going to manage , because they 're family , and that 's what you do . ''
Haitian - She spent holidays in Haiti , returning home before quake hit . She said her extended family in Haiti numbers about 400 . ` ` My family is there starving and thirsty , living on the street , '' she said .