He survived the horrors of two world wars, a civil war and two global pandemics.
US-born Maria Branias Moreira was named the world’s oldest person by Guinness World Records after the death of French nun André a few days ago at the age of 118.
Morera spent the last 22 years in a nursing home in Catalonia, Spain, but she was born almost 116 years ago, thousands of miles away in San Francisco.
Her birth on March 4, 1907, came less than four years after the Wright brothers made the first powered flight, and two years before construction began on the ill-fated Titanic.
Even though her 116th birthday is just weeks away, Morera still uses Twitter – with a little help from her daughter – to connect with her thousands of followers.
“I’m old, very old, but not stupid,” her Twitter biography reads.
Morera was born a year after her parents immigrated to the US. Eight years later, the family returned, but the journey betrayed their hopes.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, her father died of pulmonary tuberculosis near the end of the transatlantic voyage, and she permanently lost hearing in one ear after a fall.
The family arrived in Barcelona during the First World War.
He is considered one of the oldest people to recover from Covid-19 as he tested positive in May 2020.
In a series of tweets in Catalan on Saturday, Moreira, who has three children, 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, said she was “surprised and grateful” for the interest her new position has generated, but that she has been “tense” in recent days. and did not give any more interviews.
“I need peace and quiet,” he tweeted. “I have been living in Residència Santa María del Tura for 22 years now and I do not want the daily life of the residents or the staff who take care of us to change.”
When Morera’s record first became known, Residència Santa María del Tura released a statement to the Guinness Book of World Records saying, “To celebrate this special occasion, we will be having a small celebration in a close circle in the coming days.”
The title of the oldest person ever recorded belongs to Jean-Louise Calment. According to the Guinness Book of Records, she was born on February 21, 1875 and lived for 122 years and 164 days.
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