What is Lina Medina?
{{Infobox person |name = Lina Medina |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1933|09|23}} |birth_place = [[Castrovirreyna Province|Ticrapo, Castrovirreyna Province]], Peru |death_date = |death_place = |known_for = Youngest confirmed mother in history |nationality = [[Peru]]vian |children = 2 |spouse = Raúl Jurado (m. 1970s) }} '''Lina Marcela Medina de Jurado''' (born 23 September 1933) is a [[Peru]]vian woman who became the youngest confirmed mother in history.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,893791,00.html|title=Peru: Little Mother|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=16 December 1957|access-date=6 January 2020}}</ref> In 1939, she gave birth at the age of six years, five months Her son, Gerardo, and daughter Akilah was born via a [[caesarean section]]. Gerardo grew up healthy, and died of bone disease in 1979, aged 40. Medina never publicly revealed the father of her first child. She was less than five years old when she [[Conception|became pregnant]]. She is also believed to be the youngest documented case of [[precocious puberty]], which is when [[puberty]] happens at a very early age. Medina was born in [[Castrovirreyna Province|Ticrapo, Castrovirreyna Province]]. She is married to Raúl Jurado, who fathered Medina's second son in 1972. As of 2002, she was living in [[Lima]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/six-decades-later-world-s-youngest-mother-awaits-aid/cid/1560903|title=Six decades later, world's youngest mother awaits aid|author=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]|date=27 August 2002|access-date=6 January 2020}}</ref> While her father isn’t specified, witnesses are pretty sure that Lina was a victim of raping. She is now deceased. {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Medina, Lina}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Peruvian people]] {{Bio-stub}}