Oldest Woman Ever
The oldest fully authenticated age to which any
human has ever lived is 122 years and 164 days, by Jeanne-Louise Calment.
She was born in France on February 21, 1875, and died at a nursing home in
Arles, southern France on August 4, 1997. President Jacques Chirac once said
Jean Calment was a little bit like a grandmother to everyone in France. She
was 14 when the Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889. She led an extremely
active life, taking up fencing at 85 years old, and was still riding a
bicycle at 100. She portrayed herself at the age of 114 in the film
Vincent And Me, to become the oldest actress in film.
Oldest Mother
Rosanna Dalla Corta [Italy], born in 1931, gave
birth to a baby boy on July 18 1994 when she was 63. The baby was conceived
through artificial insemination of donor eggs.
Oldest Living Male Conjoined Twins
Born in 1952, Ronnie and Donnie Gaylon {USA} are
the oldest living male conjoined twins. For 36 years they traveled in
side shows, carnivals, and circuses.
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Oldest Man Alive
Yukichi Chuganji of Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture,
Japan, became the oldest man in Japan on 18 January 2000 and took the world
record title on 4 January 2002 at the age of 112 years 288 days. Yukichi is
a retired silkworm breeder and lives on the southernmost Japanese island of
Kyushu.
Oldest Female Twins
Kin Narita and Gin Kanie (born August 1, 1892),
whose names mean Gold and Silver, were the oldest authenticated female
twins. Kin died of heart failure on January 23, 2000, at the age of 107. The
twins' lives spanned three centuries and they witnessed the Japanese eras of
Meiji, Taisho, Showa, and Heisei. Although Gin died of a heart attack on
January 23, 2000, they are still household names in Japan and in the past
appeared regularly on TV and commercials. Both enjoyed good health although
Kin was briefly hospitalized in 1999 due to a stomach ulcer. Kin gave birth
to 11 children and had as many grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and
one great-great grandchild. Gin has five children, four grandchildren and
nine great-grandchildren.
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Oldest Living Woman
The oldest living woman in the world whose date
of birth can be fully authenticated is Kamato Hongo, born September 16,
1887, on Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima, Japan. She took the title aged 114
years 183 days on the death of Maude Farris-Luse (b. January 21, 1887), who
died on March 18, 2002.
Born the fourth of five siblings, Kamato herself had seven children (four
boys and three girls) and has 27 grandchildren, 57 great grandchildren and
11 great great grandchildren. She lives in the city of Kogoshima, with her
third daughter Shizue Kurauchi, where she maintains a cycle of two days
asleep and two days awake.
Oldest Living Female Conjoined Twins
Masha and Dasha Krivoslyapova [USSR], born on Jan 3
1950 are a rare form of conjoined twins. Now 51 years old, they reside in a
Moscos old people's home.
The most surviving children from a single birth
The most surviving children from a single child
birth is 7. The septuplets were born eigth weeks premature on Jan 14 1998 to
40 year old Hasna Mohammed Humair [Saudi Arabia]. There where 4 boys and 3
girls.
Bobbie McCaughey [USA] also had septuplets on Nov
19 1997.
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Oldest Triplets
The longest-living triplets recorded were
Faith, Hope, and Charity Cardwell, who were born on May 18, 1899, at Elm
Mott, Texas, USA. Faith died on October 2, 1994, aged 95 years 137 days.
Most Prolific Mother
the wife of Feodor Vassilyev from Shuya, Russia
gave birth to 69 children in 27 confinements. The total of 16 pairs of
twins, seven sets of triplets , and four sets of quadruplets were born
between 1725 and 1765. Only two of the children failed to survive
infancy.
Oldest Male twins
The oldest twins ever documented are Eli Shadrack
and John Meshak Phipps [USA], born Feb 14 1803 in Affington, Virginia.
Eli died on Feb 23 1911 at the age of 108 years; his brother John died on
Dec 10 1916 at the age of 113. |