Brazilian Maria Gomes Valentim has taken the title of ‘Oldest Living Person’ aged 114 years and 313 days. The great-great grandmother is 48 days older than the previous titleholder, Ms. Besse Cooper from Monroe, Georgia, USA, whose title will now be the ‘Oldest Living North American.’
Maria was born on July 9, 1896, in Carangola, Brazil where she resided all her life. She married João Valentim in 1913 and was left widowed in 1946. They had one son, four grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and five great-great- grandchildren.
Ninety-nine percent of claims to age 115+ turn out to be false or un-documentable. Late-life birth records are not proof of birth but may serve as identification.
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