Family of 12 has highest combined age at over 1,042 years!
The D’Cruz family has a collective age of 1,042
years and 315 days, making it the oldest, according to the Guinness World
Records.
The family of 12 siblings, with the oldest at 97
and the youngest at 75, saw its record confirmed by the organisation on
December 15.
Their names and birth dates are as follows: Doreen (September 3, 1923),
Patrick (September 30, 1925), Genevieve (July 4, 1927), Joyce (March 2, 1929),
Ronnie (August 24, 1930), Beryl (August 26, 1932), Joe (June 1, 1934),
Francesca (September 17, 1936), Althea (July 27, 1938), Teresa (June 9, 1940),
Rosemarie (March 30, 1943), and Eugenia (October 24, 1945).
The siblings, who all share the same parents, were born in Pakistan but
have now migrated to all over the including Canada, London, Switzerland, and
the US.
“Though they do not live in the same place, the D’Cruz’s say they
are a close family who count achieving the Guinness World Records title as one
of the great highlights of their lives,” said a statement from Guinness.