Oldest Triplets is a listing of the oldest Guinness World Records-authenticated cases of triplets.
There are two ways to measure "oldest triplets":
1. By highest age where all three are living at the same time
2. By highest combined age
The below article lists "oldest triplets" in both ways. Also included are unvalidated claims.
The oldest Guinness-authenticated triplets of all time were the Cardwell triplets who died age of 95 years and 137 days, 95 years 233 days and 97 years 242 days[1][2].
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All triplets deceased All triplets living One or two triplets living
| No. | Names | Sex(es) | Birth date | Death dates | Lifespans | Combined Age | Country | Triplet type | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faith Cardwell Hope Cardwell Charity Cardwell[3] |
F | 18 May 1899 | 2 October 1994 15 January 1997 6 January 1995 |
95 years, 137 days 97 years, 242 days 95 years, 233 days |
288 years, 247 days |  USA
|
? | |
| 2 | Betty Woolf Minna Passman Joseph Hocky |
F F M |
2 September 1927 | 10 June 2023[4] August 2021 January 2023 |
96 years, 281 days 94 years 95 years |
285 years+ | USA
|
? | June 2023 |
| 3 | Helen Houlihan Judy Houlihan Barbara Houlihan |
F | 23 November 1929 | Living | 95 years, 54 days | 270 years+ |  AUS
|
? | 23 November 2019 |
| 4 | Larry Alden Brown Lon Bernard Brown Gene Carol Brown |
M | 1 December 1930 | Living | 94 years, 46 days | 279 years+ | USA
|
? | 8 March 2024 |
| 5 | Primrose Page Iris Bull Marigold Milliken |
F | 16 April 1933 | Living | 91 years, 275 days | 270 years+ |  UK
|
? | 22 April 2023 |
| 6 | Margaret Beal Mary Beal Muriel Beal |
F | 11 May 1936 | Living | 86 years, 1 day+ | 258 years, 3 days+ | UK
|
? | 12 May 2019 |
| 7 | Morgan Llewellyn Idwal Llewellyn Ivor Llewellyn |
M | 21 January 1928[5] | 31 December 2009[6] Living Living |
81 years, 344 days 81 years+ 81 years+ |
245 years+ | UK
|
? | 5 February 2009 |
| 8 | Doris Kingston Alice Holmes Gladys Caress[7] |
F | June 1927 | Living November 2008 Living |
81 years+ 81 years 81 years+ |
243 years+ | UK
|
? | 5 February 2009 |
| 9 | Ronald Thurman Eric Thurman David Thurman |
F | May 5, 1931 | Living | 80 years+ | 240 years+ | UK
|
? | 22 May 2011 |