Maria Branias Morera, born in the United States, became the oldest person in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records.

CNN writes about it.

Maria was born on March 4, 1907 in the American city of San Francisco.

This happened less than four years after the Wright brothers made the first flight in history, and two years before construction of the Titanic began.

During the First World War, her family returned to Barcelona.

Morera's father died of tuberculosis.

For the past 22 years, Morera has been in a home for the elderly in Catalonia, Spain.

In May 2020, she fell ill with the coronavirus, but later recovered.

The woman has three children, 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Although her 116th birthday is just weeks away, Maria is still on Twitter.

Her daughter helps her communicate with thousands of subscribers.

We will remind you that on January 17, 2023, the

Sister Andre (Lucille Randon), known for having lived for 118 years, died.

She did not live to reach her 119th birthday by less than a month.

In 2022, after the death of the Japanese woman Kani Tanaki, who died at the age of 119, she was recognized as the oldest inhabitant of the planet.

 Priscilla Sitieni, who was believed to be the oldest primary school student in the world , has died in

Kenya 

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