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Umeno Sumiyama And Koume Kodama, Two Japanese Twin Sisters, Were Certified As The World’s Oldest Living Identical Twins By The Guinness World Records. The Twins, Born On 11/5/1913 On Shodoshima Island, Are Said To Be Over 107 Years And 300 days Old. The Previous Record Holders, Kin And Gin, From Japan, Were 107 Years And 175 Days.

Guinness World Records certifies 107-year-old sisters in Japan as world’s oldest identical twins – Chicago Sun-Times

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/9/22/22687845/guinness-world-records-oldest-identical-twins-japanese-sisters-umeno-sumiyama-koume-kodama

Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama recall that, growing up, they were bullied because of prejudice against children of multiple births in Japan.