Merci Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 Right now, the oldest recorded human being is a woman called Jeralean Talley, 115 years old.However, I was having a chat with my mother the other day, when she got a phone call and we found out that my great-aunt (104 years old) was a little sick (she's feeling better now). Not too long afterwards, my mom revealed that her mom is still alive now, living healthily in a rural village here in Indonesia, and she's 134 years old.Outlived everyone else she grew up with, and apparently still quite healthy. Although, her only living relative left now is her daughter - the reason why they're a part of our family network to begin with is because her daughter married my great-uncle, though they never had kids and he died soon after. So really, without that network, they would've been a lot lonelier without anyone taking care of them.From a perspective that focuses purely 134 years ago in Indonesia, it was under Dutch occupation - aaaannnddd it's likely that most of the people back then didn't have a birth certificate. If they did, it's not such a surprise to assume that they've been lost after all this time.A while back, a guy apparently came to the village asking around about her age, likely wanting to prove it, but it seems that nothing much resulted from that.Now that I think about it, it's also possible that she's not the only one, and that there are others throughout the rural areas here who're older than the supposedly-oldest-person-in-the-world.I mean, I don't want to trample on her peaceful life or anything, but... Still, it would be nice if her age could just be proven in some way, so the fact that she's lived such a long could be acknowledged. Perhaps through some sort of genetic tests, or perhaps by evaluating it logically from her daughter's age - I don't really know.Honestly. I'm really, really occupied with life right now and I won't be in Indonesia for much longer, staying for only two more months before moving to England to continue my education and all that. Chances are that the village in question is far from my location too, so I can't just freely go there. I don't doubt her age in the slightest (especially due to her daughter, my great-aunt) and I really do want to have her age acknowledged and confirmed, but there's not much I can do like this, with so few options and so little time....It's the middle of the night right now and I've admittedly forgotten her name, but I'll be sure to ask again tomorrow about that.Mostly, I'm telling you guys this, partially for advice on how to go about this (Should I raise awareness? Should I just leave this be?), and partially just because it'd be nice to have other people know about her.That's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrigo Posted April 12, 2015 Report Share Posted April 12, 2015 I was reading the Guiness Book earlier this week and the oldest person registered was 126 years if I remember correctly. So your great-grandmother might actually be the oldest person ever, ever. Shame you can't prove it to Guiness though, would have been awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merci Posted April 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 Wait, s- seriously? WHOA... If she got on the Guinness Book, then that would just be totally epic, and would make her much more memorable than just temporarily gaining the title of 'oldest person in the world'!Well, hopefully she hangs in there for a few more years (if not another decade lol) so I could have the chance in the future to maybe find a way to prove it. If not, then eh, I guess that's just how life is sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 It's not uncommon in those parts of the world for people to not have cemented their ages, because record keeping was pretty bad. I think she needs a birth certificate to get it proven: hearsay doesn't do anything. But yah, even if she's not as old as believed, it's still pretty cool. (y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merci Posted April 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 It's not uncommon in those parts of the world for people to not have cemented their ages, because record keeping was pretty bad. I think she needs a birth certificate to get it proven: hearsay doesn't do anything. But yah, even if she's not as old as believed, it's still pretty cool. (y)Well, her daughter is 104, which can probably be proven, I believe, so it's only logical build-up from there. At the very least, she's definitely older than 115, since otherwise that would mean she was 11 or less when she gave birth~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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