A 23-year-old Romanian woman is claiming that she is the world’s youngest grandmother (Getty Images).
Imagine a mother’s pleasant surprise when she hears that she is expecting a grandchild — or a not-too-pleasant one, when her daughter is just 11 years old.
A Romanian woman has declared herself the world’s youngest grandmother at the astonishing age of 23.
Now 25, Stanescu said she wanted more for her daughter.
“I am happy to be a grandmother but I wished something else for Maria –- and something else for me,” she said.
Stanescu also revealed that she eloped with jewellery salesman Ionel Stanescu at the age of 11 when he was 13. She fled with her boyfriend because she was worried her father would force her to marry someone else in the village of Investi in Romania.
According to Stanescu, “marrying young” is a way of life in the Romanian gypsy culture, which was why she did not try to stop her daughter from marrying.
“This is the tradition, it’s what happens,” she added.
Her mother, also named Maria, became a great-grandmother at just 40 years old.
Just last month, one of Britain’s youngest grandmothers at the age of 29, has said that her daughter becoming a teen mum was ‘her worst nightmare’.
Kelly John gave birth to her daughter, Tia, when she was 14. Tia is now expecting her own child at the same age.
“My worst nightmare has always been that Tia would repeat my mistake and get pregnant young. (When I found out) I felt the colour drain from my face and all I could do was cry.” John told UK paper News of the World.
Imagine a mother’s pleasant surprise when she hears that she is expecting a grandchild — or a not-too-pleasant one, when her daughter is just 11 years old.
A Romanian woman has declared herself the world’s youngest grandmother at the astonishing age of 23.
While Rifca Stanescu gave birth when she was 12 years old, her daughter Maria had a baby at the age of 11 just two years ago. And this was despite her urging her daughter not to follow in her footsteps and stay in school.
Stanescu told UK paper The Sun that Maria left to get married when she was just 10 and gave birth to her first child the following year.Now 25, Stanescu said she wanted more for her daughter.
“I am happy to be a grandmother but I wished something else for Maria –- and something else for me,” she said.
Stanescu also revealed that she eloped with jewellery salesman Ionel Stanescu at the age of 11 when he was 13. She fled with her boyfriend because she was worried her father would force her to marry someone else in the village of Investi in Romania.
According to Stanescu, “marrying young” is a way of life in the Romanian gypsy culture, which was why she did not try to stop her daughter from marrying.
“This is the tradition, it’s what happens,” she added.
Her mother, also named Maria, became a great-grandmother at just 40 years old.
Just last month, one of Britain’s youngest grandmothers at the age of 29, has said that her daughter becoming a teen mum was ‘her worst nightmare’.
Kelly John gave birth to her daughter, Tia, when she was 14. Tia is now expecting her own child at the same age.
“My worst nightmare has always been that Tia would repeat my mistake and get pregnant young. (When I found out) I felt the colour drain from my face and all I could do was cry.” John told UK paper News of the World.
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