Mother's Day Trivia

Want to really wow your mum on Mother’s Day? Want to show her what a clever boy or girl you’ve grown into? Then impress her with our five fantastic mother-related facts… 

1. The World’s oldest mother is believed to be Omkari Panwar from India, who gave birth to a twin boy and girl in July 2009. She claimed to be 70, although she has no birth certificate to confirm her age. 

2. Britain's oldest mother is Elizabeth Adeney, from Suffolk, who gave birth to a son in May 2009 at the age of 66. The wealthy businesswoman travelled to Ukraine for fertility treatment. 

3. History’s youngest recorded mother was Lina Medina, aged just five years and seven months when she delivered a six-and-a-half pound boy by cesarean section in Lima, Peru in 1939. Her son was raised as her brother and found out that Lina was his mother when he was ten. 

4. The highest officially recorded number of children born to one mother is 69, to the first wife of Feodor Vassilyev (1707-1782) of Shuya, Russia (her name is unknown). Between 1725 and 1765, in a total of 27 pregnancies, she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets. All but two of her children survived infancy. 

5. The highest number of children born to one mother in modern times is 64, according to the claims of Leontina Albina from San Antonio, Chile, although only 55 of them are officially documented.

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