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Lethbridge Woman Becomes Great-Great-Great-Grandmother

Amazing!
Michelle Butterfield

For many parents, becoming a grandparent is something they hope to live long enough to experience.

For Vera Sommerfeld of Lethbridge, Alta., she's lived to be a great-great-great-grandmother.

Yes, you heard that correctly.

Sommerfeld's great-great-granddaughter, Alisa Marsh, welcomed a daughter to the world in October, making 90-year-old Sommerfeld the matriarch of six generations of women, reports CBC News.

Baby Callie Elizabeth Grace Marsh joins her mother, who's 20, grandmother Amanda Cormier, 39, great-grandmother Grace Couturier, 59, great-great-grandmother Gwen Shaw, 75, and Sommerfeld, 96.

“I knew it would be possible because some of us were fairly young when we had our children, but you know it depends on the longevity of the others, so I didn’t really expect it and I didn’t realize it was as rare as it was until I Googled it,” great-great-grandmother Gwen told the Lethbridge Herald.

Sommerfeld told CBC News she's "smitten" by baby Callie, and that she waited a "long time" to welcome the sixth generation of the family.

The Guinness World Record for the most generations in an unbroken chain is seven – but the Lethbridge clan's feat is still something to celebrate.

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Farthest Distance To Blow A Pea(02 of13)
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Fastest 100m In Clogs(03 of13)
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The fastest 100 meter dash wearing clogs is 16.27 seconds. It was achieved by Andre Ortolf of Germany on October 25, 2013. (credit:Guinness World Records)
Fastest 100 Meter Run In Ski Boots(04 of13)
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Andre Ortolf of German ran 100 meters in 17.65 seconds on March 30, 2014, while wearing ski boots. (credit:Guinness World Records)
Fastest Tortoise(05 of13)
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The fastest tortoise on Earth is Bertie, who ran 9/10s of a foot in a second on July 9, 2014. (credit:Guinness World Records)
Largest Cowboy Boot Sculpture(06 of13)
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Longest Fur On A Rabbit(07 of13)
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Franchesca, a rabbit owned by Betty Chu of Morgan Hill, California, holds the record for longest fur on a rabbit: 14.37 inches. (credit:Guinness World Records)
Largest Feet(08 of13)
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Jeison Orlando Rodriguez Hernandez of Venezuela has the largest feet on a living person. His right food is 1 foot, 3.79 inches and his left is 1 foot, 3.59 inches. (credit:Guinness World Records)
Largest Horn Spread(09 of13)
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Most Teeth In A Mouth(13 of13)
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