QUITO, Ecuador — Julio Mora slipped away from his parents to secretly marry Waldramina Quinteros one Febuary day. ADVERTISEMENTThere are longer marriages, but at the moment no other between people so old, according to Guinness World Records — just short of a combined 215 years. They wed on February 7, 1941, in the first church built by the Spanish in Quito: La Iglesia de El Belen. Their daughter Cecilia says they’re both lucid and active, although they no longer have the agility they had before. Previously listed as the oldest were an Austin, Texas, couple, Charlotte Henderson and John Henderson who have a combined age of 212 years and 52 days.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 28, 2020 19:30 UTC