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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
da Silva was born in [[:en:Itapetininga]], [[:en:São Paulo State|São Paulo]], and lives in [[:en:Astorga, Paraná|Astorga]], [[:en:Paraná (state)|Paraná]].<ref name="MSNBC">{{citeweb|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7090143/|title=Brazilian believed to be world’s oldest woman|publisher=Associated Press|date=2005-03-04|archivedate=2009-10-11|accessdate=2009-10-11}}</ref> She is of Polish descent. She was married twice<ref name="MSNBC"/>, the first time allegedly in 1893, and has outlived all but three of her 14 children.<ref name="MSNBC"/> Four of them were adopted. Da Silva lives with her {{age|1947|01|01}}-year-old adopted son, Aparecido H. Silva.<ref name="MSNBC"/> | da Silva was born in [[:en:Itapetininga|Itapetininga]], [[:en:São Paulo State|São Paulo]], and lives in [[:en:Astorga, Paraná|Astorga]], [[:en:Paraná (state)|Paraná]].<ref name="MSNBC">{{citeweb|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7090143/|title=Brazilian believed to be world’s oldest woman|publisher=Associated Press|date=2005-03-04|archivedate=2009-10-11|accessdate=2009-10-11}}</ref> She is of Polish descent. She was married twice<ref name="MSNBC"/>, the first time allegedly in 1893, and has outlived all but three of her 14 children.<ref name="MSNBC"/> Four of them were adopted. Da Silva lives with her {{age|1947|01|01}}-year-old adopted son, Aparecido H. Silva.<ref name="MSNBC"/> | ||
She is still in good shape, loves to talk, and still has a sharp memory.<ref name="MSNBC"/> da Silva eats rice, beans, and bananas every day.<ref name="World Records">{{citeweb|url=http://www.worldrecordsacademy.org/human/oldest_woman_world_record_set_by_Maria_Olivia_da_Silva_90175.htm|title=Oldest Woman-world record set by Maria Olivia da Silva|publisher=World Records Academy|archivedate=2009-03-16|accessdate=2009-10-11}}</ref> Reportedly, she walks every day to the city to prove she is still alive, and to get her pension. Some in Astorga have protested to the city administration, saying she is too old to be obliged to do this daily. | She is still in good shape, loves to talk, and still has a sharp memory.<ref name="MSNBC"/> da Silva eats rice, beans, and bananas every day.<ref name="World Records">{{citeweb|url=http://www.worldrecordsacademy.org/human/oldest_woman_world_record_set_by_Maria_Olivia_da_Silva_90175.htm|title=Oldest Woman-world record set by Maria Olivia da Silva|publisher=World Records Academy|archivedate=2009-03-16|accessdate=2009-10-11}}</ref> Reportedly, she walks every day to the city to prove she is still alive, and to get her pension. Some in Astorga have protested to the city administration, saying she is too old to be obliged to do this daily. | ||
