Deolira Gliceria Pedro da Silva, from Brazil, is aiming to be recognized as the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records. Currently, the title is held by another Brazilian, Inah Canabarro Lucas, at 116 years old. Pedro da Silva's family and doctors are confident she will soon take the title, citing documents showing her birthdate as March 10, 1905. While Pedro da Silva's age is yet to be officially confirmed by Guinness due to a lack of complete documentation, she is being studied by researchers at the University of Sao Paulo who are investigating the factors contributing to super-elderly individuals' longevity in Brazil.
Deolira Gliceria Pedro da Silva, 119, sits in her house in Itaperuna, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, on Jan. 14.Two months away from what she says is her 120th birthday, Deolira Gliceria Pedro da Silva, a great-grandmother from the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is rushing to be recognized as the world’s oldest living person by the Guinness World Records.
The documents show that Pedro da Silva was born on March 10th 1905 in the rural area of Porciuncula, a small town in the state of Rio. She now lives in a colorfully painted house in Itaperuna, where her two granddaughters Doroteia, 60, and Lidia Ferreira da Silva, 64, take care of her. In a statement, Guinness said it couldn’t confirm receiving Pedro da Silva’s application, because it receives many from people around the world who claim to be the oldest living person.
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