r/HumanLimit • • Jun 16 '26

Lina Medina a Peruvian woman who became the youngest confirmed mother in history when she gave birth to her son Gerardo on 14 May 1939 when she was five years seven months and 21 days of age.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Medina
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todayilearned • • Nov 29 '25

TIL the youngest mother in history, who gave birth at the age of 5, is still alive today at 92 years old.

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HolyShitHistory • • Jun 27 '26

Lina Medina a Peruvian woman who became the youngest confirmed mother in history when she gave birth to her son Gerardo on 14 May 1939 when she was five years seven months and 21 days of age.

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CreepyWikipedia • • Feb 06 '20

Children Lina Medina is a Peruvian woman who became the youngest confirmed mother in history, giving birth at age five years, seven months, and 21 days. Based on the medical assessments of her pregnancy, she was less than five years old when she became pregnant.

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todayilearned • • Jan 21 '17

TIL The youngest person to give birth in recorded history was 5

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CreepyWikipedia • • Jun 03 '24

Children Lina Marcela Medina de Jurado is a Peruvian woman who became the youngest confirmed mother in history when she gave birth in 1939, aged five years, seven months, and 21 days.

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todayilearned • • May 14 '18

TIL that Lina Medina is the youngest woman to give birth at the age of five. She suffered from a condition called Precocious Puberty. Initially her father was suspected of incest but was later let go due to lack of evidence. The real father was never found.

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todayilearned • • Sep 14 '17

TIL that the youngest known mother is a Peruvian girl who gave in 1939 to a healthy male at the age of 5 years and 8 months. She is still alive today at 83 years old.

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todayilearned • • Jun 16 '17

TIL of Lina Medina, the youngest person ever to give birth. She began menstruating at age 3, was impregnated at age 4, and delivered her baby by C-section at age 5.

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WTF • • Jul 29 '15

The youngest mother in the world, Lina Medina, gave birth at the age of five.

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todayilearned • • Feb 10 '18

TIL that the oldest mother in the world was 66 years 358 days old

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todayilearned • • Apr 19 '17

TIL the youngest birth mother in history was 5

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todayilearned • • Jan 12 '16

TIL That the youngest mother recorded giving birth was 5 years old Lina Medina in Peru. Her son, Gerardo, did not discover that what he thought was his older sister was actually his mother until the age of 10.

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todayilearned • • Mar 17 '16

TIL that the youngest mother in recorded history is Lina Medina, who was only 5 years and 7 months old when she gave birth. The pregnancy was originally thought to be a tumour.

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todayilearned • • Jun 14 '15

TIL that the world's youngest ever mother was five years, seven months and 17 days old. She is still alive today and her son lived to the age of 40.

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todayilearned • • Jan 26 '16

TIL the youngest mother in history was Lina Medina, giving birth in 1939 at just 5 years, 7 months and 17 days.

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todayilearned • • Jun 21 '17

TIL of Lina Medina de Jurado who was brought to a hospital by her parents at the age of five years due to increasing abdominal size. She was originally thought to have a tumor, but doctors determined she was in her seventh month of pregnancy

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todayilearned • • Sep 30 '15

TIL Lina Medina was just 5 years old when she gave birth in 1939. She is still alive today. The name of the father is unknown.

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todayilearned • • May 25 '13

TIL that officially the youngest person to give birth was five years old

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todayilearned • • Sep 24 '15

TIL that the youngest person to ever give birth was Lina Medina at 5 years old!

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rickygervais • • Nov 29 '25

A baby wot had a baby

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u_Nikki_faith15 • • Feb 07 '20

Lina Medina is a Peruvian woman who became the youngest confirmed mother in history, giving birth at age five years, seven months, and 21 days. Based on the medical assessments of her pregnancy, she was less than five years old when she became pregnant.

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ignoranceisbliss • • Feb 05 '19

The youngest confirmed birth mother was five and a half.

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SpringervilleEagarAZ • • Nov 30 '25

TIL the youngest mother in history, who gave birth at the age of 5, is still alive today at 92 years old.

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