Twin sisters from Florida, USA, defied great odds as they celebrated their 99th birthday together. Sisters Era Luckie Daniell and Vera Rozier celebrated their 99th birthdays on Wednesday with their loved ones.
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Twin Sisters Defy Impossible Odds, Celebrate 99th Birthday
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The sisters were thrown a party by the Warden of the Gulf Correctional Institution, who teamed up with the Gulf County Senior Citizens Centre to hold the event. One of the sisters, Era shared her thoughts in a conversation with WJHG-TV, “I feel grateful to my Lord that I’ve been able to make it this far with so little handicaps.”
The other half of Vera chimed in, “I’m feeling the same as I did when I was younger, except I don’t have the energy that I had.” The women were not just celebrated by the community but also received compliments from their children. Era’s children showered their mom with gratitude as her daughter Vita Luckie praised her for raising a team of three children even after becoming a widow.
On the other hand, Vera’s daughter Linda Rozier Davis celebrated her for being the “best mother I could’ve had.”
The Oldest Identical Twins Known To Have Surpassed A Century Were Found In Japan
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The executive director of the Gulf County Senior Citizens Centre also said a few words: “The celebration is to show love. We want to show love. Like I said, they’re 99 years old. They’re in the later parts of their lives. Hopefully, the rest of us will make it to the latter part of our lives.”
Now if you are wondering why the milestone of the two sisters is especially noteworthy, then hear this. As per the Guinness World Records 2002, the actual chance of any identical twins reaching or surpassing the age of 100 is about one in every 700 million.
The only identical twins to be recorded as having surpassed a century were Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama from Japan, who were aged 107 years and 300 days.
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