# Who was the oldest person you ever knew?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 21, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-oldest-person-you-ever-knew/622670 "2012-05-21T23:55:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-oldest-person-you-ever-knew/622670/61 "2012-05-26T22:58:34Z")

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Well, I guess I can at least tie for the oldest person!

My grandmother is 107 years old, and still with us! She was born 12/17/1904, one year to the day after the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk.

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**Author:** ![A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-oldest-person-you-ever-knew/622670/62 "2012-05-27T01:25:20Z")

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> [@Baker](#):
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> Well, I guess I can at least tie for the oldest person!
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> My grandmother is 107 years old, and still with us! She was born 12/17/1904, one year to the day after the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk.

That’s great to hear!Is your grandmother in reasonably good health now?

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