>Ive?ti Village, Vaslui County, Romania--Rifca Stanescu, a Romanian housewife, now 25, was just 12 years old when she had her first child Maria; Maria gave birth to son Ion at the age of 11, when her mother Rifca was only 23, thus setting the world record for being the world's Youngest Grandmother, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
>Speaking of her early marriage, Rifca said she wanted to marry her husband and spent a night with him not to marry another boy. According to gypsy tradition, she had been promised to another boy’s family. Rifca urged her daughter not to give up school and continue her education, but Maria just followed their traditions.
