She is a Spaniard who has been the doyenne of humanity since the death of Sister André on January 17, who was 118 years old.
María Branyas Morera, 115 years old, is the new dean of humanity since the disappearance of Sister André, a 118-year-old Alésienne who died in her sleep on January 17 at the convent where she resided.
Maria Branyas Morera was born on March 4, 1907 in San Francisco. She then crossed the Atlantic to settle in Catalonia, where she survived the civil war. She has been living in a retirement home in Olot for about twenty years. As of March 2019, she was the oldest person in Spain. In April 2020, she fell ill with Covid-19, but fortunately with a mild course, and managed to beat the disease when several other residents died. The centenarian remained locked up for several weeks. As a child, she survived the terrible Spanish flu epidemic.
Felic Any Nou. Que s’acompleixin tots els vostres somnis i desitjos. What a year 2023 full of good times. Jo no puc parlar de dies, hores o minutes, per que la meva vida són Moments. \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 pic.twitter.com/Hw4dDQCIB3
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She is the daughter of a journalist from Pamplona and a woman from Barcelona who moved to the United States. After crossing California, her family settled in New Orleans, where her father, Josep Branyas, founded a literary magazine. The doctor, suffering from tuberculosis, recommends that he breathe healthier air. The family then decides to embark on a major transatlantic crossing to visit his cousins in Catalonia, unfortunately he dies at the end of the voyage. Little Maria is only 8 years old.
She overcomes the Covid at the age of 113
His mother decided to stay in Spain and moved to Barcelona and then to Banyoles, reports daily El Periodico. Maria grows up and trains as a nurse. In July 1931 she married Dr. Joan Moret from Girona and then devoted herself to her family to raise her three children. After the war, during which her husband went into exile to join the Francoist camp as a medical commander, the family found themselves in Girona.
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Maria watched her family grow around her with eleven grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. The Dean of Humanity title is awarded by the Gerontological Research Group of the Guinness World Records Group. She is ahead of Fusa Tatsumi, who was born in Japan on April 25, 1907.