A brand new contender for the title of the world’s oldest residing individual has been found in north-eastern Brazil.
It thought that Maria Gomes dos Reis could possibly be coming as much as her 122nd birthday – however her apparently outstanding age went unnoticed for many years till medics arrived to deal with her.
Paramedics visited the great-great grandmother in rural Bom Jesus da Lapa after she fell sick.
The allegedly 121-year-old, who lives together with her granddaughter as a result of all of her youngsters have died, has a beginning certificates which says she was born within the village of Bela Vista – the place she nonetheless lives to today.
It provides that she was born on June 16, 1900 – six months after the tip of the 1800s.
Household say she remained spritely till the final decade and even raised nice grandchildren.
Guinness World Information at the moment imagine the world’s oldest residing individual is Frenchwoman Lucile Randon, who was born on February 11, 1904, and is 118-years-old.
The title handed on to her following the dying of 119-year-old Kane Tanaka of Japan, on April 19 this yr.
Metro.co.uk has contacted the organisation to ask concerning the new declare.
Mattress-bound Ms Gomes dos Reis lives together with her granddaughter Celia Cristina, who advised native media: ‘I put meals in her mouth, we now have to do every thing, change her underwear.
‘My life is summed up by my caring for her.’
She defined that her grandmother was spritely earlier than her well being worsened simply over eight years in the past.
Ms Cristina added: ‘She raised her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
‘She took care of every thing. She was actually lively till lately, she cooked, washed garments.
‘We all know she’s superior in age, however to seek out out she’s the oldest individual on the planet? We’re amazed.’
Ms Gomes dos Reis has 13 great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren, and her household hopes she's going to dwell to see her first great-great-great-grandchild.
Nice-granddaughter Vitoria Stefani added: ‘She remains to be conscious of many issues, she talks to us, however now she fails to recollect issues an increasing number of typically.’
One other great-granddaughter Ivanilde Gomes, who moved in together with her when she was simply six, mentioned: ‘I by no means lacked something, and he or she all the time mentioned the identical phrase, which I all the time preserve with me: “Go research, lady.”
‘If as we speak I handle to graduate, it's due to the encouragement I received from my great-grandma.’
Aged Brazilians have sparked various current headlines, with 116-year-old Francisca Celsa dos Santos, dying in and Epifania Maria de Jesus Mendes getting a fourth tattoo as a one hundred and fifth birthday reward.
It's unclear if Maria’s household will contact Guinness World Information concerning the potential document.
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