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									Claims / Myths / Debunked SCs - Global Supercentenarian Forum				            </title>
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                        <title>John Huang (VNM/NLD, 1914?-2026)</title>
                        <link>https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/scsclaims/john-huang-vnm-nld-112/</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Mr. John Huang of Laren, North Holland, Netherlands, celebrated his claimed 112th birthday today.
He claims to have been born in Southern Vietnam, French Indochina (Present-day Vietnam), on...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr. John Huang of Laren, North Holland, Netherlands, celebrated his claimed 112th birthday today.</p>
<p>He claims to have been born in <span>Southern Vietnam, French Indochina (Present-day Vietnam), on 1 February 1914. He may currently be the Oldest Living Person in the Netherlands.</span></p>
<p>Happy Birthday Mr. Huang.</p>
<p>https://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/regio/gooi/john-huang-112-uit-laren-is-nu-de-op-drie-na-oudste-man-ter-wereld/128064855.html</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/scsclaims/">Claims / Myths / Debunked SCs</category>                        <dc:creator>Billy Robinson</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Leonizia Pereira da Silva (BRA, 1908?-2025)</title>
                        <link>https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/scsclaims/leonizia-pereira-da-silva-bra-1908-2025/</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Ms. Leonizia Pereira da Silva claimed to be born on 3 or 19 January 1908.She sadly passed away on 4 November 2025, at the claimed age of 117.
On 3 January 2025, she celebrated her claimed 1...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Ms. Leonizia Pereira da Silva claimed to be born on 3 or 19 January 1908.</span><br /><br /><span>She sadly passed away on 4 November </span><span>2025, at the claimed age of 117.</span></p>
<p><span>On 3 January 2025, she celebrated her claimed 117th birthday, along with her four children (she had nine children, but five of them have since died), 12 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.</span></p>
<p>https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQu2nOND865/</p>
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						                            <category domain="https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/scsclaims/">Claims / Myths / Debunked SCs</category>                        <dc:creator>Ale76</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Rosalie Mae Peterson (USA, 1947?-2025)</title>
                        <link>https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/scsclaims/rosalie-mae-peterson-1905-2025/</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 02:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
I highly highly doubt she was really 120 years old though]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>https://www.allsoulsmortuary.com/obituary/9436487</p>
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<p>I highly highly doubt she was really 120 years old though</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/scsclaims/">Claims / Myths / Debunked SCs</category>                        <dc:creator>CameraManny118</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Fauja Singh (IND, 1911?-2025)</title>
                        <link>https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/scsclaims/fauja-singh-ind-uk1911-2025/</link>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 19:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Fauja Singh claimed to be 114 years old, but this is highly questionable and unlikely.Well, in any case, it&#039;s sad that he was killed in a car accident today in Punjab, India, his home countr...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fauja Singh claimed to be 114 years old, but this is highly questionable and unlikely.<br />Well, in any case, it's sad that he was killed in a car accident today in Punjab, India, his home country, where he was born.<br />He claimed to have been born on April 1, 1911.<br />I don't know if anyone has managed to discover his exact age and year of birth. If so, I'll change the year of his birth in the title.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/fauja-singh-marathon-runner-dies-in-punjab-jalandhar-road-accident-aged-114-2755788-2025-07-15">Fauja Singh marathon runner dies in Punjab road accident aged 114 - India Today</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/scsclaims/">Claims / Myths / Debunked SCs</category>                        <dc:creator>diego</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Uton Samuels (JAM, 1925?-2025)</title>
                        <link>https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/scsclaims/uton-samuels-jam-1914-2025/</link>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Mr. Uton Samuels from Hanover, Jamaica sadly passed away on c. 19 April 2025.


He claims to be born on 12 June 1914 in the same village.
His age is still unvalidated.
Rest in peace]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr. Uton Samuels from Hanover, Jamaica sadly passed away on c. 19 April 2025.</p>
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<p>He claims to be born on <span>12 June 1914</span> in the same village.</p>
<p>His age is still unvalidated.</p>
<p>Rest in peace </p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/scsclaims/">Claims / Myths / Debunked SCs</category>                        <dc:creator>Ale76</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Caridad Papa (PHI/USA, 1913?-2024)</title>
                        <link>https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/scsclaims/caridad-papa-1913-2024/</link>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 04:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Greetings everyone.
Caridad Papa born in the Philippines on 14 August 1913 recently put in limbo passed away back on 4 January 2024 in Monrovia CA. She was 110 years, 143 days.
May she res...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Greetings everyone.</p>
<p>Caridad Papa born in the Philippines on 14 August 1913 recently put in limbo passed away back on 4 January 2024 in Monrovia CA. She was 110 years, 143 days.</p>
<p>https://longeviquest.com/atlas/world?validation=not-validated&amp;orderBy=date-of-death</p>
<p>May she rest in peace.</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/scsclaims/">Claims / Myths / Debunked SCs</category>                        <dc:creator>CameraManny118</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Johnson Parks (USA, 1895?–1998)</title>
                        <link>https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/scsclaims/johnson-parks-usa-1895-1998/</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 07:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[LongeviQuest recently reviewed the case of Johnson Parks, who was long believed to have been the world’s oldest living man at the time of his passing in July 1998. However, after further exa...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>https://longeviquest.com/2024/08/johnson-parks-1884-1998-status-reclassification/</p>
<p>LongeviQuest recently reviewed the case of<span> </span><strong>Johnson Parks</strong>, who was long believed to have been the world’s oldest living man at the time of his passing in July 1998. However, after further examination, the Global Validation Commission concluded that he most likely wasn’t a supercentenarian.</p>
<p>According to the only located news report about him—an obituary published in the Orlando Sentinel on July 22, 1998—Johnson Parks was a farm laborer who passed away in Mount Dora, Florida, on 17 July, at the age of 113. He was born in Alabama and moved to Central Florida in 1961. He was a Baptist. Survivors included his daughter, Julia, a son named Willie, and a brother, Erris Jackson. However, several details in this report were found to be inaccurate upon further research. Records indicate that Parks was actually born in Lumpkin, Stewart County, Georgia. While he did have a daughter named Julia, the “son” mentioned was actually his grandson, and the “brother” was in fact his brother-in-law.</p>
<p>Parks claimed to have been born on 15 October (previously 25 October), 1884. If this age was accurate, he would have been 113 years and 275 days old at the time of his passing. His age was verified by the Kestenbaum study and later<span> </span><a href="https://grg.org/adams/a.htm">validated</a><span> </span>by the Gerontology Research Group.</p>
<p>Following the passing of<span> </span><a href="https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarian/christian-mortensen/">Christian Mortensen</a><span> </span>on 25 April 1998, Parks would have become the world’s oldest living man, holding the title for nearly three months until his own death, after which<span> </span><a href="https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarian/walter-richardson/">Walter Richardson</a><span> </span>succeeded him.</p>
<p>Research conducted by several individuals, including James Roberts, Jeffrey Xu, and D. Gonik, suggests that Parks was more likely 102 or 103 years old at the time of his passing. Detailed genealogical investigation and early-life evidence support this conclusion, with most early and mid-life records indicating he was younger than previously thought. This includes the earliest record, the 1900 census, which was enumerated in May and listed his age as 5, with a birth month of January 1895. This birth year is further supported by subsequent records, including the 1910 census, which lists him as 14 years old, and a World War I draft record that gives his birthdate as 25 October 1895.</p>
<p>It’s likely that the evidence used by other groups and organizations to validate him actually belonged to a different man. A man with the same name was born in Pike County, Georgia, likely on 2 October 1884. However, there is no evidence linking this individual to the claimant, and he may have passed away in 1954.</p>
<p>In light of this recent discovery, LongeviQuest will withdraw our recognition of this man’s age validation.</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/scsclaims/">Claims / Myths / Debunked SCs</category>                        <dc:creator>Ale76</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Cresencia Vallecio (HON, 1899?-2012)</title>
                        <link>https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/scsclaims/cresencia-vallecio-hon-1899-2012/</link>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Copied from the gerontology wiki
Cresencia Vallecillo was a supercentenarian from Honduras, who claimed to be born on 29 October 1899, and died on 02 April 2012. At the time of her death, s...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Copied from the gerontology wiki</p>
<p><span>Cresencia Vallecillo was a supercentenarian from Honduras, who claimed to be born on 29 October 1899, and died on 02 April 2012. At the time of her death, she was likely the oldest living person in Honduras, and the last living Honduran person born in the 1890s. As of 2024, she remains the oldest Honduran person on record, and the first person from Honduras to reach their 112th birthday.</span></p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Pastor Ramirez (COL, 1905?-2021)</title>
                        <link>https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/scsclaims/pastor-ramirez-col-1905-2021/</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 03:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Mr. Pastor Ramirez, a previously debunked supercentenarian claimant from Colombia, is no longer in limbo. According to the article below, he passed away on 15 May 2021 at the claimed age of ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr. Pastor Ramirez, a previously debunked supercentenarian claimant from Colombia, is no longer in limbo. According to the article below, he passed away on 15 May 2021 at the claimed age of 115 years &amp; 135 days. Rest in Peace Mr. Ramirez </p>
<p> </p>
<p>https://www.noticiasrcn.com/colombia/fallecio-el-hombre-mas-longevo-de-colombia-con-115-anos-379909#Echobox=1621362670</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Sudhakar Chaturvedi (IND, 1901?-2020)</title>
                        <link>https://globalsupercentenarianforum.com/index.php/community/scsclaims/sudhakar-chaturvedi-ind-1901-2020/</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2024 23:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Sudhakar Chaturvedi was a supercentenarian claimant from India who claimed to be born on 20 April 1897 (one day after Jiroemon Kimura), and passed away at the claimed age of 122 years &amp; ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sudhakar Chaturvedi was a supercentenarian claimant from India who claimed to be born on 20 April 1897 (one day after Jiroemon Kimura), and passed away at the claimed age of 122 years &amp; 313 days. Two mid-life records I found suggest he was actually born on 04 April 1901, and NOT 20 April 1897, and thus reached an age of 118 years and 329 days. There is also evidence that late in life he exaggerated his age by 4 years. Of course, it is not wise to say there is a high likelihood he was born in 1901, because as to my knowledge, no early life records exist, and the odds of a man nearing 119 years old is very unlikely. Still, I wouldn't say his case for reaching 118.9 is impossible, but it is a remote possibility. I have only found 2 records so far.</p>
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<p> </p>
<p>I also found immigration papers to New York of a man called Har S. Chaturvedi who was reported to be 32 years old in 1932, a birthyear of 1900, and the birthplace matches Sudhakar Chaturvedi's. Unfortunately these papers do not provide a middle initial, and of course the first name does not match. It is worth noting that the surname &amp; birthplace match, and the age is only a year off. Another problem I ran into, is that there is no evidence that he even obtained a U.S. citizenship in New York. However, there is a large gap in his life from 1919 to 1938. Maybe he obtained a citizenship during this time, and never reported it? I don't know.</p>
<p>My Theory: It's possible that "Har" is a title and he decided to use that, while only using an initial for his first name. I don't see a reason to do such a thing, but it's all I could come up with. It's a wild and very farfetched theory, but it's all I've got. This theory is totally NOT backed by anything. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I think it's unlikely that Mr. Chaturvedi lived 118 years &amp; 329 days, but his case is much more plausible than most other extreme cases.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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