Cuban Juana Bautista de la Candelaria celebrated on Tuesday her 125th birthday, an age that makes her become presumably the oldest person on the planet, although this fact has not been recognized.

Juana Bautista is not in the Guinness book, but she came into the world on February 2, 1885, at Santa Rosa Farm, in the neighborhood of Ceiba Hueca, in the municipality of Campechuela, in eastern Granma province, where she’s currently living.

Her birthdate is confirmed by an original document, entered in Volume One, Page 35 of the Registry located in the aforementioned locality, where the child was registered 25 days after delivery by her mother, Cecilia Rodriguez.

In a telephone conversation, Candulia, as her relatives and neighbors call her, declared to be in good health and very happy, and said he expects to celebrate many more birthdays.

The super Cuban longevous woman was the second of 13 siblings; her mother died a centenarian, and her father, at the age of 96; the first two children died when they were little, and the other one, Eleduvildo Cabrera, is still alive.

Six grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren complete the number of the descendants of Juana Bautista, who is being taken care of by a geriatrician, a doctor in general comprehensive medicine and a nurse.

In previous statements, when she was 123 years old, she attributed her long existence to the fresh air of the countryside, her diet rich in root vegetables and meat and “a heart always full of love for her fellow men.”

A picture of Miryam Amash, considered as possibly the most longevous person on the planet, appeared on the Internet in February, 2008.

If she were still alive, Amash, who was born in Israel in 1888, would be now 122 years old, three years younger than Cuban Candulia.

Gertrude Baines (115 years old), recognized as the oldest living person on earth, validated by the Guinness Record Book on January 2, 2009, died on September 11, 2009 in the United States.According to that book, the woman that has lived the longest was French Jeanne Louise Calment, who died in 1997 when she was 122 years and 164 days old.