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Four sisters with a combined age of 389 years earn Guinness World Record

Sisters Arlowene Johnson Overskei, Marcene Johnson Scully, Doris Johnson Gaudineer and Jewell Johnson Beck earned a Guinness World Record when their combined age was verified at more than 389 years. Photo by sabinevanerp/Pixabay.com
Sisters Arlowene Johnson Overskei, Marcene Johnson Scully, Doris Johnson Gaudineer and Jewell Johnson Beck earned a Guinness World Record when their combined age was verified at more than 389 years. Photo by sabinevanerp/Pixabay.com

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Sept. 26 (UPI) -- A quartet of Wisconsin-native sisters with a combined age of 389 years were awarded the Guinness World Record for highest combined age of four living siblings.

Arlowene Johnson Overskei, 101; Marcene Johnson Scully, 99; Doris Johnson Gaudineer, 96; and Jewell Johnson Beck, 93, were awarded the title when Guinness World Records verified their combined age of 389 years and 197 days as of Aug. 22.

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The sisters took the record from the Goebel family, who were verified as having a combined age of more than 383 years earlier this year.

"We are still living, and that's something to celebrate," Gaudineer told the Madison Daily Leader.

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