PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Claudina Melis enters a car tht will bring her to her 100th birthday party after the celebrated in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.