  Compact object mergers are one of the currently favored models for the origin
of GRBs. The discovery of optical afterglows and identification of the nearest,
presumably host, galaxies allows the analysis of the distribution of burst
sites with respect to these galaxies. Using a model of stellar binary evolution
we synthesize a population of compact binary systems which merge within the
Hubble time. We include the kicks in the supernovae explosions and calculate
orbits of these binaries in galactic gravitational potentials. We present the
resulting distribution of merger sites and discuss the results in the framework
of the observed GRB afterglows.
