Ecuadorian couple named world’s oldest married pair

Julio Mora Tapia, 110, and Waldramina Quinteros, 104 (AP)
Julio Mora Tapia, 110, and Waldramina Quinteros, 104 (AP)
Sat, 29 Aug, 2020 - 07:22
Gonzalo Solano

An Ecuadorian couple aged 110 and 104 have been recognised as the world’s oldest married pair.

Julio Mora slipped away from his parents to secretly marry Waldramina Quinteros one February day in 1941, to the disapproval of both their families.

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