“At 117, the Remarkable Life of Maria Branyas Morera: Secrets of the World’s Oldest Person Revealed After Her Passing”
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) May 16, 2024
Branyas told Guinness World Records she believed the keys to her longevity were “order, tranquility, good connection with family and friends, contact with nature, emotional stability, no worries, no regrets, lots of positivity, and staying away from toxic people.”
“I think longevity is also about being lucky.”
Her youngest daughter, Rosa Moret, believes genetics played a part in her mother living long enough to blow out 117 candles. “She has never gone to the hospital, she has never broken any bones, she is fine, she has no pain,” Moret told regional Catalan television in 2023.
But a good diet also helped, she added. “When she cooked at home, there were always vegetables at night or a Spanish tortilla. Whatever it was, it had to be a Mediterranean diet.”
She believed the keys to her longevity were “order, good connection with family and friends, contact with nature,” and “staying away from toxic people”
El passat mes d’agost em vaig acomiadar de la Fada, pensant que ja no la veuria més. Ella havia de ser mare i jo pensava que no viuria tants mesos. Però aquà estem una altra estona juntes. És reconfortant acariciar el seu pèl amb els meus dits torts i gastats. Ella, com tots 👇 pic.twitter.com/L5OafzuXGm
— Super Àvia Catalana (@MariaBranyas112) March 31, 2024
Banyas, who recovered from COVID-19 in 2020 and used a voice-to-text device to express herself later in life, was born in San Francisco, California, on March 4, 1907. Her family returned to their native Spain in 1915 during the First World War.
Not everyone in her family made it across the Atlantic; Branyas’ father died of tuberculosis during the voyage when she was eight.
