Jun 9, 2012
World Record Oldest Siblings [Photos]
World Record Oldest Siblings [Photos] - Dorothy ‘Dorrie’ Richards is 108 and her younger sister Marjorie Ruddle recently celebrated her 105th birthday, this pair of sisters are celebrating a remarkable achievement.
With a combined age of 213, they have just been crowned the oldest siblings in the world.
A spokesman from Guinness World Records has confirmed the sisters officially have the ‘highest combined age of two living siblings’ - 213 years, three months and 27 days.
The proud pair marked their achievement yesterday with a tea party at Marjorie’s nursing home in Peterborough not far from Dorrie’s care home in Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Marjorie’s daughter Pat Comber said: ‘We’ve always wondered whether Dorrie and Marjorie were the oldest sisters around and last year decided to find out.