@gabriel_pt Out of curiosity, and given the strong genetic component of longevity, have you ever looked into the descendants of some of these earlier centenarians (namely, those born in the 19th century)? 🤔 (Of course, I understand that you simply may not have had the time and preferred to focus your research elsewhere.)
When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
-One Hundred Years of Solitude