Article 57FRW Ecuadorian man and woman become world's oldest married couple

Ecuadorian man and woman become world's oldest married couple

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Associated Press in Quito
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Julio Mora, 110, and Waldramina Quinteros, 104, a combined nearly 215 years, received Guinness certification in mid-August

Julio Mora slipped away from his parents to secretly marry Waldramina Quinteros one February day. Both families disapproved.

Seventy-nine years later, they're still together - he is 110 years of age, and she is 104, both lucid and both in good health, though relatives say they're a little depressed because they miss their big family get-togethers due to the pandemic.

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