The keys to her long life are
reportedly "sleeping for days on end,"
never getting married, and fighting.
The world's oldest person, Leandra Becerra
Lumbreras celebrates 127.
The Mexican woman was born on August 31,
1887, making her the oldest person documented
to have ever lived.
According to her family, the keys to her long
life are reportedly » "sleeping for days on end,"
never getting married, and fighting. What a
woman!
Lumbreras's granddaughter Miriam Alvear
told Mexico's El Horizonte, "She was always a
woman who fought. She was still sewing and
weaving until about two years ago."
Lumbreras also reportedly fought in the Mexican
Revolution as leader of the all-female group the
'Adelitas'.
Metro reports » that 'the tragedy of Ms
Lumbreras long life is that she has already
buried five children and several of her 20
grandchildren, the last of whom died in 2013 –
aged 90. She also has 73 great-grandchildren and
55 great-great-grandchildren.'
Mexican authorities are reportedly trying to
provide Lumbreras with a new birth certificate
after she lost the original about 40 years ago.
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