http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=...woman&printer=1

 

 

SAO PAULO, Brazil - An elderly woman living in a small, wooden shack in rural southern Brazil could be the world's oldest living woman, according to a Brazilian record-keeping organization.

 

Maria Olivia da Silva, who recently celebrated her 125th birthday, "is definitely the oldest living woman in Brazil and possibly in the entire world," said Iolete Cadari, administrative director of RankBrasil, this country's equivalent to the Guinness World Records.

 

Da Silva's birth certificate shows that she was born Feb. 28, 1880 in the city of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo state, Cadari said by telephone. She currently lives in the small town of Astorga, some 370 miles west of Sao Paulo in the state of Parana.

 

Laura McTurk, a spokeswoman for Guinness World Records in London said by e-mail that the organization was researching its records for any information on da Silva. She said Guinness may have an official statement on Friday.

 

According to the Guinness World Records Web site, the world's oldest woman is 113-year-old Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper, who was born June 29, 1890.

 

Da Silva, whom Cadari described as "mentally sound and rational," was married twice and has outlived all but three of her 14 children — four of them adopted.

 

"Her memory is impressive and she loves to talk," Cadari said, adding that Da Silva lives with her 58-year-old adopted son, Aparecido H. Silva.

Edited March 4, 200521 yr by qwerty

Dude, that is f***ing creepy.

That's a sick f***ing picture. It looks like she's already starting to decay even though she's still alive.

They had birth certificates in 1880?

This was my favorite part of the article.

Mrs. da Silva recently declined a offer to play RF for the San Francisco Giants, saying she wanted to retire young and watch her kids grow up.  When reached for comment, Giants GM Brian Sabean said, "We are agressively pursuing all possible options.  I hear there is a octogenarian in Guatemala who invented the spitball."

I know in Europe they did - the dates were often guesses though (at least for people that were born on farms).

This was my favorite part of the article.

That's just wrong, funny but wrong.

They had birth certificates in 1880?

 

 

I have my great, to the 3rd, grandmothers birth cert from Italy from 1735

That's just wrong, funny but wrong.

It was my goal to work octogenarian into one of my posts. Mission complete. I will sleep well tonight.

It was my goal to work octogenarian into one of my posts.  Mission complete.  I will sleep well tonight.

I'm impressed by your wide vocabulary, but I heard she was from the Arctogeal region.

I had to look that one up.. Good show, Chap.

wow, she probably has vivid memories from 3 centuries.

Edited March 4, 200521 yr by LosMediasBlancas