This 118-year-old nun is the oldest person in the world (2022) 1:02
(CNN) --
The world's oldest living person is a Spaniard born in the United States, according to Guinness World Records.
María Branyas Morera is 115 years and 328 days old and is now confirmed to be the world's oldest living person, a Guinness World Records press release said Thursday.
This after the death of 118-year-old French nun Lucile Randon, who passed away on January 17.
The world's oldest living person, a French nun, dies at 118
"I am old, very old, but not an idiot," reads the Twitter biography of María Branyas Morera.
In a series of tweets in Catalan on Saturday, María Branyas Morera said she was "surprised and grateful" for the interest generated in becoming the world's oldest living person but that the last few days had been "stressful" and that she would not give any more interviews. .
“I need peace and quiet.
(…) I have lived in the Tura Residence for 22 years and I do not want the daily life of the residents or the staff who attend us to change, ”he tweeted.
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According to Guinness World Records, María Branyas Morera was born in San Francisco, California, on March 4, 1907, a year after her parents immigrated to the country.
Eight years later, they decide to return to Spain, where they settle in Catalonia.
Maria has called the region home ever since.
She has lived in the same nursing home -Residencia Santa María del Tura- for 22 years.
“She is in good health and continues to be amazed and grateful for the attention this anniversary has generated,” the home said in a statement Thursday.
It has survived the World Wars, the Spanish Civil War, the Spanish flu pandemic and covid-19 in 2020.
Guinness World Records says she contracted the virus a few weeks after celebrating her 113th birthday, but made a full recovery within days.
Maria has three children, 11 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.
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