Port-au-Prince , Haiti ( CNN ) -- Nearly all of the 33 Haitian children whom American missionaries allegedly tried to take out of the earthquake-ravaged nation were reunited Wednesday with their families , weeks after they were separated . The children , who range in age from 4 months to 12 years old , have been living in SOS Children 's Village , an Austrian-run orphanage in northern Port-au-Prince , since late January , when the 10 Americans they were with were arrested at the Haitian-Dominican Republic border . On Wednesday , 32 of the children were taken home by at least one parent . Authorities are still working to verify the paperwork from the parents of the remaining child , a 9-year-old girl , SOS Children 's Village said . It was not immediately clear when she could be reunited with her family . Haitian authorities acknowledged that it had taken them some time to return the children . `` Authorities wanted to ensure that the children were given back to the right parents , '' said Jeanne Bernard-Pierre , the general director for Haiti 's Institute of Social Welfare . The 10 Americans face charges that including kidnapping of minors for trying to take the children out of the country without required paperwork on January 29 , more than two weeks after the devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake . Nine of them have been released on bail and left the country . They also are charged with criminal association and arranging irregular travel . The group 's leader , Laura Silsby , remains jailed in Port-au-Prince . She admitted that she did not have any documentation for the children from Haitian officials . Silsby originally said the children were orphaned or abandoned , but it has since been determined that all have at least one living parent , according to the SOS Children 's Village . Some parents said they placed their children in Silsby 's care because they thought that would ensure they would have a better life . The Americans said they had planned to house the children in a converted hotel in the Dominican Republic and later move them to an orphanage . The January 12 earthquake killed more than 200,000 people and flattened large portions of the capital city and surrounding areas .
32 of 33 children taken home by at least one parent Wednesday . 10 Americans were arrested with kids at Dominican border in late January . Authorities still working to verify parents of remaining girl .