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An Ecuadorian couple of 110 and 104 years old have been recognized as the oldest married couple in the world.
Julio Mora slipped away from his parents to secretly marry Waldramina Quinteros one day in February 1941, to the disapproval of both families.
Seventy-nine years later, they are still together, he at 110 and she at 104, both lucid and in good health, although relatives say they are a bit depressed because large family gatherings have been missed due to the pandemic.
There are longer marriages, but at the moment none between people that old, according to Guinness World Records. They have a combined age of just under 215 years old.
Mr. Mora was born on March 10, 1910 and Mrs. Quinteros on October 16, 1915. They were married on February 7, 1941 in the first church built by the Spanish in Quito: La Iglesia de El Belen.
The couple married in 1941, and although there are older marriages, they are the oldest married couple. Photo: AP “>The two retired teachers live in Ecuador’s capital Quito, where they received Guinness certification in mid-August.
Their daughter Cecilia said they are lucid and active, although they no longer have the agility they used to have.
But “for a month they have been different, more dejected because the big family gatherings are lost.”
And they can gather a huge crowd: four surviving children, 11 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson.
“Since March, we haven’t had any of that,” Cecilia said. “My parents need family contact.”
He said that his father likes to watch television and drink milk and that his mother, who enjoys desserts, likes to read the newspaper every morning.
Previously listed as the oldest married couple were Texas couple Charlotte and John Henderson, who have a combined age of 212 years and 52 days.
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