Exceptional Siblings: The Andrade Brothers.

Ribeiro, Oscar;Brandão, Daniela;Araújo, Lia;Teixeira, Laetitia;Poulain, Michel;et.al.
(2020) Journal of the American Geriatrics Society — Vol. 68, n° 5, p. 1112-1114 (2020)

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  • Ribeiro, Oscar
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  • Brandão, Daniela
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  • Araújo, Lia
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  • Teixeira, Laetitia
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To the Editor: Albano Andrade (born December 14, 1909) and Alberto Andrade (born December 2, 1911) recently set a record in the Guinness World Records: the highest combined age for two living siblings (now 218 years). We met the Andrade brothers in 2013 while conducting the PT100 Oporto Centenarian Study, the first Portuguese population-based study on centenarians.1 Since then, we have followed up with their case every 6 months to monitor their condition and check for physical, cognitive, or changes in health status. We recently visited them and their family (close to their 108th and 110th birthdays, respectively). [..]
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Ribeiro, O., Brandão, D., Araújo, L., Teixeira, L., Paúl, C., & Poulain, M. (2020). Exceptional Siblings: The Andrade Brothers. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(5), 1112-1114. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16396 (Original work published 2020)