Tuesday, October 12, 2010

 Oldest Living Twins - world record set by Ena Pugh and Lily Millward

  LONDON, UK--At 100 years and nine months, farmer's daughters Ena Pughand Lily Millwardsets the new world record for the Oldest Living Twins .

     Photo: Ena Pugh (pictured right) and Lily Millward, the oldest twins in the world , are still devoted to one another.
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The previous Guinness World record for the Oldest Living Twins was set by French sisters Raymonde Saumonde and Lucienne Grare.

Raymonde and Lucienne Wattelade, who are officially recognised as the world's oldest twins by the Guiness World Records, live in Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, south-western France.

Farmer's daughters Ena Pugh and Lily Millward were born before the outbreak of World War 1 when Queen Victoria's son Edward VII was king.

 Ena and Lily have seen the reigns of FIVE Brit monarchs and 20 Prime Ministers.

The World's Oldest Twins still live in the own houses, still meet up for weekly shopping sessions and chat on the telephone virtually every night.

Great-grandmother Lily revealed the secret of their long life is 'laughter and having a joke with each other.' She said: 'We used to work on the farm all day, but we would enjoy ourselves.'

    'It was a lot of fun and sociable. We've been very lucky and we have always had good health.'

 The Oldest Twins in The World live just a dozen miles away from each other in the fresh air of the Welsh countryside - Ena at Erwood, near Builth Wells, and Lily still in her home village of Garthbrengy, near Brecon.

The family were told the sisters have beaten odds of more than 700 million to one in becoming centenarians together.

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Related world records:
Oldest Living Twins - Raymonde Saumade and Lucienne Grare

Oldest Dad - Nanu Ram Jogi

Oldest living male conjoined twins - Donnie and Ronnie Galyon

Oldest Living Man - Henry Allingham

Oldest Woman - Maria Olivia da Silva

Oldest Mother - Omkari Panwar

Oldest living man with Down syndrome - Bert Holbrook

Tuesday, October 12, 2010