Romanian became a grandmother at 23

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Rifka Stanescu, a resident of Romania, became a kind of record holder. She turned out to be the youngest grandmother in the world. The girl is only 23 years old. Previously, the title of the youngest grandmother was listed for a 26-year-old resident of the British city of Rotherham.

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At the age of 11, Rifka left home with her 13-year-old chosen one, jewelry seller Ionel Stanescu. The story turned out to be quite dramatic: the girl did not want to obey her father, who wanted to marry her off to another young man.

A year later, the girl gave birth to a daughter. Her parents took her back to the house after she named the baby after her mother - Maria. Rifka's mother at that time was 40 years old.

As a result, when Maria grew up, she repeated the fate of her mother. At the age of 11, the girl became a mother, and Rifka became the youngest grandmother in the world. "I am happy to be a grandmother, but, of course, I would like my daughter more," - The Sun quotes the record holder.

As noted earlier in the UN special report “The State of the World's Children,” girls under the age of 18 are three times more likely to marry in developing countries than in rich countries. At the same time, as a rule, early marriages are accompanied by high maternal and child mortality, as well as poverty and poverty.