World Record Oldest Siblings Have Combined Age of 213 Years
Guinness World Records has officially recognized two sisters as the oldest siblings in the world - Dorothy Richards is 108 and her sister Marjorie Ruddle is 105, and together they have a combined age of 213 years, three months, and 27 days.
The sisters are originally from Northampton, England and currently live in the East of England.
The record was confirmed by a spokesperson for Guinness World Records who stated the sisters had the "highest combined age of two living siblings."
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Older sister Dorothy Richards was born on 15 December 1903, which incidentally is just two days before the Wright Brothers made the world's first successful powered flight. Younger sister Marjorie Ruddle was born on 21 April 1907.
The sisters celebrated their accomplishment by meeting together for the first time in three years. Ruddle's daughter, Pat Comber, told the BBC: "Really, all we wanted was to get the two of them together. They haven't seen each other for three years because my mother has a slight disability and my aunt is quite frail. We're getting my 108-year-old aunt across to the nursing home to spend an hour or so with my mother. It will be a treat for both of them."
The Guinness World Records has only recently started to monitor the "combined age" category and this record is the first entry in this category on its files.
The Guinness World Records spokesperson said: "We would like to congratulate Marjorie and Dorothy and welcome them in the Guinness World Records family."
