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The oldest person you have met?
The oldest person ever from your family?
I love numerical data and ages and stuff. Also describe them a bit.
The oldest I have met was 100, nearly 101. She was in a wheelchair but her mind was still fairly sharp. She was a very small person, stood up she'd probably have been around 4'8", which fits the trend of shorter people tending to live longer. She sadly died this year, she was a remarkable lady.
The oldest person from my family was 104. I never met her but I'm told she was extremely sharp both physically and mentally right until the end and still lived independently without the need for any physical aid. I sure hope I'm like that if I make that age.

I don't know who or how old was the oldest person I've met. Probably over 100.

The oldest person in my family was my great-great-uncle. He died at 99. To my knowledge, we never met when he was alive.

The oldest person I've met is one of the residents at the old people's home where I work. She's 107, and will be 108 this September.

Wow! She must have been in the news once or twice?
Is she still in good mental and physical condition?

She's been in the newspaper a few times.

She gets a bit confused sometimes, but she doesn't have Dementia. She can feed herself and talk and everything, so yeah, she's still mentally able.
She likes to be up early every single morning, and loves sitting in the lounge every day, as she is rather sociable. But she is deaf.
She used to walk using a zimmer frame, but now she stays in a wheelchair and needs aid going to the toilet. But otherwise, she's very healthy for her age. And she not underweight either.

The oldest person I've met was my great-great aunt, who was 103. She lived in her own home but she had a nurse who helped her every day. I don't know much about what she was like because I was little and mostly didn't pay attention, but I do know that there was an enormous tree in her front yard that she had planted as a sapling when she moved into the house 70 or 80 years before.

Aww, she sounds nice!