Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara

A Spanish woman who became the world's oldest new mother when she gave birth in 2006 to twin boys at the age of 66 has died, her family has said.

The brother of Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara told the paper Diario de Cadiz she passed away on Saturday, aged 69.

It said she had been diagnosed with cancer shortly after giving birth.

In 2007, Ms Bousada de Lara said she had lied about her age to doctors at a fertility clinic in California to get IVF treatment, telling them she was 55.

Ms Bousada de Lara argued that there was no reason to believe she would not have as long a life as her mother, who died at the age of 101. She even joked that she might live to see her grandchildren.

She also insisted that if she died prematurely her sons Christian and Pau, who are now two years old, would never be alone.

"There are lots of young people in our family," she added.

When the twins were born in Barcelona on 29 December 2006, Ms Bousada de Lara was aged 66 years 358 days, 130 days older than Romanian Adriana Iliescu, who gave birth in 2005 to a baby girl.

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[sunflowers281]

It's a tragedy for any woman to give birth and then die and leave a baby behind no matter what their age. A 22 year old could give birth then die of cancer. If this woman thought she was healthy, fit and young enough to have IVF treatment then that's her right & business and not for others to judge how old they think she should be!

[geffel]

@sunflowers281

Yeah you really haven't thought it through have you?

[theanswersofnwo3]

Sarah had a son at 99 years old.

[geffel]

Sarah who, mate? Is that a bible thing?

[theanswersofnwo3]

Yup

[geffel]

Ok - that's a fairy story, and the story I was talking about really happened.

[draagon66]

Jenimah had triplets at the age of 4'003 years.

She outlived them all and lived on to be 5'056 years old.

It is written.

I just wrote it.

answersofnwo is so gullible it's almost a parody. Wait ... he IS a parody and doesn't know it.

[flyingfisbeefilms]

theanswersofnw03 - WTF! Where's your proof? Just 'cause something is written doesn't make it true. "My name is James and I live in France." I'm not giving you any proof. I know it's true because I have imperical evidence. So now go out and proove I exist. "Sarah had a child at 99!" Stupid comment.

[TheRealPhoenix]

Yeah I do not speak ill of the dead, but really how selfish is that on her poor kids?

[aiyic]

Any mention of the Padre? Or is he El Muerte too? I saw it mentioned on Sly News just now. Selfish twit, if it was to carry the "seed".

[XChillX42]

Why would you want a baby at 66... Fuck me, I feel sorry for the kids.

[philthy122]

I guess that any new mother can be strick down with cancer, some cases in recent midia highlight that. But to have children at such late time in life is running the gauntlet, the older you are the more likely it is you'll die sooner...