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Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
At just five years old, Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history after giving birth in Peru.
In a case that shocked the medical world, five-year-old Lina Medina gave birth on May 14, 1939 in Peru.
She remains the youngest confirmed mother in recorded history.
Doctors performed a successful abdominal surgery to deliver her healthy baby boy.
The circumstances of her pregnancy and the identity of the father were never resolved.
Medina's case was documented in medical journals and studied for its biological implications.
She raised her son, who was legally adopted by her father, living a private life thereafter.
The extraordinary event continues to draw attention from scientists and historians.
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