On February 2, 2011, a Cuban woman turned what all her relatives are saying is the age of 126. Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez was, according to her only birth record, born on February 2nd, 1885. The Guiness Book of World Records has not yet announced this to be an official record, but it seems to be accurate. The current “world’s oldest person” as stated by The Guiness Book of World Records is American Besse Cooper, at 114, making Rodriguez over a decade older than she is.

Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez’s 125th birthday was celebrated last year and covered widely by Cuban local news, but again, The Guiness Book of World Records and Gerontology Research Group, which verifies all age related information for Guiness, did not recognize her as the oldest person ever then either, however, the evidence seems convincing.