Maria do Carmo Gerônimo

Biography

Maria do Carmo Gerônimo (died 14 June 2000) was a Brazilian woman of African descent and former Brazilian slave who, according to baptism records, was the oldest person in the world before her death. However, due to the lack of a birth certificate or any other official civil documents proving her date of birth, (at that time, birth certificates were not issued at time of birth) her claim was never accepted and recognized by The Guinness Book of Records. The claimed final age of 129 years is also seven years older than the oldest verified human in history.

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