They married before World War II, raised 13 children and built a family of more than 120 descendants: The remarkable story of Brazil’s couple who held the Guinness record for longest-married living pair
In February 2025, Guinness World Records recognised them as the ‘longest-married living couple of different sexes,’ When Manoel Angelim Dino first met Maria de Sousa Dino in the 1930s, the two were young people working in agriculture for their respective families in Ceará, Brazil. Their first meeting did not immediately lead to a relationship. They … Read more