Giuseppina Projetto

Giuseppina Projetto - 116 years, 37 days, Italy
Projetto’s case is one of four Italian-born longevity claims that qualify for our review, marking a significant over-representation for Italy near the top of the validation list compared to other European states. Is this due to legitimate circumstances such as the moderate climate, a good diet, a favourable genetic pool, better records, superior elderly care, or is it due to sibling identity switches, age exaggeration to hide early pregnancies, or is it even just a statistical fluke or the result of more validation effort? Important questions such as this cannot even begin to be addressed without validation reports including details such as the birth, marriage and death records for the claimant and her siblings. At this time very little has been published on Italian claims except for the case of Emma Morano. It is possible that some of these cases were auto-validated without detailed checking. Italian records are hard to access remotely online.

Her death in 2018 is still very recent so a validation report should be still possible and we defer any conclusion while the opportunity remains.