Brazilian Jos Aguinelo dos Santos could be world's oldest ever living person. He was born on July 7 1888 according to experts through ‘Carbon-14’ dating.
The Brazilian man whose parents were African slaves is believed to be the oldest living person ever documented after receiving a birth certificate showing he turned 126 last week, it was claimed today.
Jose Aguinelo dos Santos is believed to have come into the world just two months after slavery was abolished in Brazil which was the last country in the world to outlaw the trade.
Yet the bachelor, who never married or had children, still walks without a stick, eats four meals a day and has no health problems - despite smoking a packet of cigarettes a day for the last 50 years
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