There are three sisters living in Brazil, whose combined age is 316 years

The combined age of the sisters living in Rio de Janeiro is a staggering 316 years. Holding various world records Guinness this month named them the world’s oldest surviving trio of siblings.

Levite of God Nunes is 109 years old and the oldest of the trio. He was born on June 7, 1917 and is the second of eight siblings.

Zoraide de Deus Mota (os de Deus Nunes) was born on November 24, 1921 and is now 104 years old.

The youngest of the family, Zulina de Deus Nuneswas born on March 4, 1923 and is now 103 years old.

São Paulo with the help of the sisters, the university’s researchers find out how genetic factors affect longevity. Researchers are trying to understand why some people’s physical and cognitive abilities are preserved, even if they accumulate an extraordinary amount of age.

“With DNA testing, we are looking for protective genes, of which we know there are several,” explains the researcher Mayana Zatz news agency Reuters.

Researchers believe that genetic factors have a greater influence on maintaining functional capacity and fitness than the environment.

“When the sisters have lived for such a long time, there is clearly a strong genetic factor in the background,” he also says Ben MeyersCEO of Longeviquest, to Reuters. Longeviquest maintains statistics on elderly people and cooperates with Guinness.

“But because they also live close to each other, they have a support network and family that can help when needed. The community definitely makes a difference, too.”

Sisters themselves explain their old age with simple things: exercise and healthy food.

Zulina de Deus Nunes remembers that her childhood was spent swimming and fishing.

“Everything was fresh. We didn’t have a fridge,” he tells Reuters.

The sisters describe Longeviquestin in the researcher’s interview that he lived a “fairly ordinary” life. As the second eldest, Levita de Deus Nunes helped take care of the younger siblings and do the housework while the parents worked in the fields. She worked for 12 years for TV Globo and still loves crafts.

Zoraide de Deus Mota first worked as a teacher and then as a nurse in several hospitals. He married in 1950 and had five children.

Zulina de Deus Nunes was a housewife with six children. After the divorce in the early 1950s, she moved with her children to Rio de Janeiro to be closer to Zoraide. The Levita sister moved soon after.