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Originally posted by sycamore


Well, there was Jeanne Calment of France, who died in 1997 at age 122. The two after her were respectively from Quebec and Pennsylvania. But the picture that I saw of Calment does not look like the woman in the picture that Tony has. Perhaps it was taken when she was...ummm...younger? According to this website though--http://www.delphis.dm/mapampo.htm , the oldest woman in the world is at 126 and lives in Dominica.

The lady in the picture was Marie Bremont (Apr. 25, 1886-June 6, 2001), who was 115 years old. She was the Guinness "world's oldest person" from Nov. 2, 2000 until her death on June 6, 2001.
Yes, she was from France, and no, she was not Jeanne Calment (Feb. 21, 1875-Aug. 4, 1997) who was the Guinness world's oldest person from Feb. 14, 1991 to Aug. 4, 1997, when she died at 122. Did it ever occur to anyone that more than one "world's oldest person" could be from France? It's the wine, by the way.

As for the Dominican lady, that can has not been accepted (they don't have a birth certificate or marriage certificate). You can believe that one at your own judgment--just like you can believe in Santa Claus.