World Oldest Living Siblings Has Combined Age of 570 Years, Breaks Guinness World Record

World Oldest Living Siblings Has Combined Age of 570 Years, Breaks Guinness World Record

  • Six women who are siblings have broken the Guinness world record for the oldest living siblings
  • According to the Guinness World Records, the siblings have a combined age of 570 years and 40 days
  • The siblings are named Nora, Lorene, Maxine, Doris, Margaret, and Elma, and their story has fascinated netizens

Six siblings have broken the Guinness world record with their combined age of 570 years and 40 days.

The siblings were born into the Overall family in Farmington between 1923 and 1935, and all of them are still alive after growing old together.

World oldest living siblings.
The world's oldest living siblings have a combined age of 570. Photo credit: ABC/Notley Hawkins.
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The siblings have witnessed a lot of world events, having lived through the period of nine decades.

Oldest living siblings

According to the Guinness World Records, the siblings are from the United States of America and their record was verified in March 2024.

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The world record body says:

"The highest combined age of six living siblings is 570 years and 40 days, and was achieved by the Overall siblings: Norma (born February 5 1923), Lorene (born July 13 1925), Maxine (born November 1 1926), Doris (June 13, 1930), Margaret (born July 12 1933) and Elma (born July 10, 1935) as verified on 6 March 2024."
"The sisters have lived through many significant events in the past nine decades, including the Great Depression and World War II and incredible changes in technology. They have remained close all their lives, often taking siblings trips wearing their "Sister Number" shirts which show their birth order."

As part of the requirements to compete for the record, the sisters had to submit over 100 documents, including birth certificates, marriage certificates and others, to verify their ages and backgrounds.

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Staying connected for years

The siblings were able to stay close throughout the years and credited their parents for their upbringing.

They were raised in church and always taught to look out for and be kind to one another.

Pregnant 70-year-old woman makes miraculous delivery

Meanwhile, Briefly News reported that the uncommon happened when Safina Namukwaya, a 70-year-old Ugandan, delivered twins. The medical facility where she gave birth in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, announced this medical miracle.

It was gathered that she underwent a caesarean method to deliver the babies successfully.

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