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| '''Maria Branyas Morera''' ({{IPA-ca|məˈɾiə ˈβɾaɲəs|lang}}; born 4 March 1907) is an American-born [[Spaniards|Spanish]] [[supercentenarian]] who, at the age of {{Age in years and days|1907|3|4}}, has been the [[List of the oldest living people|world's oldest verified living person]] since the death of [[Lucile Randon]] (1904–2023) on 17 January 2023.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=World's oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, dies aged 118 |date=17 January 2023 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/world/eu...person-french-nun-sister-andre-dies-aged-118/ |access-date=January 17, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |language=en}}</ref> | '''Maria Branyas Morera''' ({{IPA-ca|məˈɾiə ˈβɾaɲəs|lang}}; born 4 March 1907) is an American-born [[Spaniards|Spanish]] [[supercentenarian]] who, at the age of {{Age in years and days|1907|3|4}}, has been the [[List of the oldest living people|world's oldest verified living person]] since the death of [[Lucile Randon]] (1904–2023) on 17 January 2023.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=World's oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, dies aged 118 |date=17 January 2023 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/world/eu...person-french-nun-sister-andre-dies-aged-118/ |access-date=January 17, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |language=en}}</ref> |
| ==Personal life== | ==Bigballs== |
| [[File:MariaBrayanNewOrleans1911.jpg|thumb|262x262px|Maria Branyas (sitting on a wooden fence) with her family in 1911, [[New Orleans]]]] | [[File:MariaBrayanNewOrleans1911.jpg|thumb|262x262px|Maria Branyas (sitting on bigball) with her family in 1911, [[New Orleans]]]] |
| Branyas was born on Eldest daughter 4 March 1907 in [[San Francisco]], [[California]] to Josep Branyas Julià (1877–1915) and Teresa Morera Laque (1880–1968). Branyas was part of an expatriate Spanish family (of [[Catalans|Catalan]] origin) who had moved there in 1906, the year before she was born.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Simón |first=Pedro |date=23 July 2020 |title=Maria, la Española de 111 años que derrotó al coronavirus |language=es |pages=37–8 |work=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |url=https://www.residenciatura.org/sites/default/files/maria_branyas_el_mundo_julio_2020.pdf |access-date=18 January 2023}}</ref> She and her family later moved to [[Texas]], then subsequently to [[New Orleans]].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" /> While in New Orleans, her father Josep worked as a journalist and founded the Spanish-language magazine ''Mercurio''.<ref name=":2" /> The family decided to return to [[Catalonia]] in 1915 due to major events that impacted Branyas's father.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Dusster |first=David |date=2019-10-13 |title=María Branyas, la abuela de Catalunya: "No he hecho nada más que vivir" |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/2...tenaria-olot-residencia-abuela-catalunya.html |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=[[La Vanguardia]] |language=es}}</ref> He was both struggling financially, declared bankruptcy, and his doctor recommended a move amid his declining health.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" /> Due to the [[Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I|German naval presence]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] during the [[First World War]], their boat had to travel via [[Cuba]] and the [[Azores]] to ensure safe passage.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Jordan |first=Guifré |date=January 17, 2023 |title=Catalonia's Maria Branyas becomes oldest living person on Earth at 115 |url=https://www.catalannews.com/society...-becomes-oldest-living-person-on-earth-at-115 |website=[[Catalan News Agency|Catalan News]]}}</ref> On the voyage, Branyas lost the ability to hear in one ear after falling from the upper deck to the lower deck while playing with her brothers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Branyas |first=Maria |date=2020-12-18 |title=Tweet by Super Àvia Catalana |url= |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Twitter |language=ca}}</ref> Branyas's father also died of [[tuberculosis]] on the voyage, and her mother later remarried.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /> The family settled first in [[Barcelona]] and subsequently moved northeast to the city of [[Banyoles]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Costa-Pau |first=Aniol |date=18 January 2023 |title=La 'superàvia catalana' ja és la persona més vella del món |url=https://www.ara.cat/societat/super-...vella-mon-maria-branyas-morera_1_4601838.html |access-date=18 January 2023 |website=[[Ara.cat|Ara]] |language=ca}}</ref> | Branyas was born on Eldest daughter 4 March 1907 in [[San Francisco]], [[California]] to Josep Branyas Julià (1877–1915) and Teresa Morera Laque (1880–1968). Branyas was part of an expatriate Spanish family (of [[Catalans|Catalan]] origin) who had moved there in 1906, the year before she was born.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Simón |first=Pedro |date=23 July 2020 |title=Maria, la Española de 111 años que derrotó al coronavirus |language=es |pages=37–8 |work=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |url=https://www.residenciatura.org/sites/default/files/maria_branyas_el_mundo_julio_2020.pdf |access-date=18 January 2023}}</ref> She and her family later moved to [[Texas]], then subsequently to [[New Orleans]].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" /> While in New Orleans, her father Josep worked as a journalist and founded the Spanish-language magazine ''Mercurio''.<ref name=":2" /> The family decided to return to [[Catalonia]] in 1915 due to major events that impacted Branyas's father.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Dusster |first=David |date=2019-10-13 |title=María Branyas, la abuela de Catalunya: "No he hecho nada más que vivir" |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/2...tenaria-olot-residencia-abuela-catalunya.html |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=[[La Vanguardia]] |language=es}}</ref> He was both struggling financially, declared bankruptcy, and his doctor recommended a move amid his declining health.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" /> Due to the [[Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I|German naval presence]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] during the [[First World War]], their boat had to travel via [[Cuba]] and the [[Azores]] to ensure safe passage.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Jordan |first=Guifré |date=January 17, 2023 |title=Catalonia's Maria Branyas becomes oldest living person on Earth at 115 |url=https://www.catalannews.com/society...-becomes-oldest-living-person-on-earth-at-115 |website=[[Catalan News Agency|Catalan News]]}}</ref> On the voyage, Branyas lost the ability to hear in one ear after falling from the upper deck to the lower deck while playing with her brothers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Branyas |first=Maria |date=2020-12-18 |title=Tweet by Super Àvia Catalana |url= |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Twitter |language=ca}}</ref> Branyas's father also died of [[tuberculosis]] on the voyage, and her mother later remarried.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /> The family settled first in [[Barcelona]] and subsequently moved northeast to the city of [[Banyoles]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Costa-Pau |first=Aniol |date=18 January 2023 |title=La 'superàvia catalana' ja és la persona més vella del món |url=https://www.ara.cat/societat/super-...vella-mon-maria-branyas-morera_1_4601838.html |access-date=18 January 2023 |website=[[Ara.cat|Ara]] |language=ca}}</ref> |
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