List of Youngest Birth Mothers

This is a list of the youngest known birth mothers younger than 12 years of age. Three of the 12 entries for age 9 or younger are for mothers in Peru. Two of these cases are the result of rape by cousins. For entries for mothers aged 10 or 11, the United States is the most common location.

Youngest mothers

Mother	Age of mother	Father	Location	Notes
Lina Medina	5 years, 7 months, 21 days	Unknown	Lima, Peru	1939: Entering precocious puberty at the age of 5; Medina gave birth to a 2.0 kg (4.4 lb) son, named Gerardo, by caesarean section on May 14, 1939 in Lima. Her parents, who assumed their daughter had a tumor, took her to a hospital, where she was determined to be seven months pregnant. Although Medina's father was arrested on suspicion of child sexual abuse, he was later released due to lack of evidence, and the identity of who impregnated Medina was never uncovered.[1]
Liza	6 years	Liza's grandfather	Ukraine	1934: 6-year old girl Liza gave birth naturally in 1934 in Ukraine after being impregnated by her grandfather. The baby was stillborn.
Mum-Zi	8 years, 6 months	Unknown	Calabar, Nigeria	Mum-Zi was member of Chief Akkiri's harem on the island of Calabar, Nigeria. Her daughter also gave birth extremely early, making Mum-Zi a grandmother at age 17.
Unidentified	8 years, 11 months	Unknown	Huanuco, Peru	2006: A girl from Huánuco, Peru, gave birth to a baby weighing 2 kg (4.4 lb) by caesarean section at a hospital in Lima in December 2006. Her ninth birthday occurred a couple of days later. She became pregnant after being raped by two of her cousins.
Wanwisa Janmuk	9 years	Janmuk's 27-year-old husband; Thai law allows for the arranged marriages of minors by their parents.	Phetchabun, Thailand	2001: Wanwisa Janmuk gave birth in February 2001 to a girl at a hospital in Phetchabun, a northern province of Thailand
Hilda Trujillo	9 years, 7 months	Trujillo's 22-year-old cousin, who was staying in her family's one-room house at the time, was arrested for rape.	Lima, Peru	1957: Hilda Trujillo gave birth to a girl weighing over 6 lb (2.7 kg) at a hospital in Lima, Peru in December 1957.
Venesia Xoagus	9 years	Unknown	Otjiwarongo, Namibia	July 1980: Venesia Xoagus gave birth to a healthy 3 kg (6.6 lb) boy at 9 years of age, by cesarean section.[9][10]
Unidentified	9 years	The girl was raped by the family's domestic servant.	Butare, Rwanda	2005: A girl gave birth to a baby boy by caesarean section at a hospital in Butare, Rwanda, in December 2005. The child underwent breast development at age six and menarche at age eight.
Unidentified	9 years	Unknown	Brazil	2006: A girl of the Apurinã, an indigenous people from the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil, gave birth to a baby girl weighing 2.2 kg (4.8 lb) by caesarean section at a hospital in Manaus in July 2006. Police are investigating the case.
Unidentified	9 years	Unknown	Changchun, China	2010: Girl gave birth to a healthy boy weighing 6 lb (2.7 kg) in Changchun, China, February 2010
Unidentified	9 years	A 14-year-old neighbor	Penang, Malaysia	2010: A 9-year-old girl from Penang in Malaysia gave birth to a healthy baby boy in May, 2010. No police report was made by the parents.
Sally Deweese	10 years, 13 days	Unknown	Butler County, Kentucky, United States	1834: Sally Deweese of Butler County, Kentucky, was reported by Dr. D. Rowlett to have delivered a baby girl weighing 7.75 pounds (3.52 kg) on April 20, 1834. Deweese allegedly developed breasts within weeks of birth and began menstruating at 12 months[16]
Unidentified	10 years	Unknown	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States	1979: A girl aged 10 gave birth to twins six weeks premature, both weighing 3 lb 6 oz, at a hospital in Indianapolis. She is thought to have been the youngest mother of twins at the time.
Unidentified	10 years	Unknown	Houston, Texas, United States	13 July 1982: A girl aged 10 gave birth to a premature baby, weighing 4 lb 8 oz, at Hermann Hospital in Texas. All other details withheld by request.
Unidentified	10 years	A 28-year-old was arrested on a charge of rape.	Mother from Bolivia, birth in Argentina	2000: A girl from Bolivia gave birth to a baby girl weighing 2.5 kilograms (5.5 lb) by caesarean section at a hospital in Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires, Argentina on September 25, 2000.
Unidentified	10 years	The girl's father	Bolivian girl, birth in Chile	2005: A Bolivian girl living in Calama, Chile, gave birth to a baby boy by cesarean section at a hospital in Antofagasta, Chile on April 13, 2005. The child became pregnant after having been raped by her father at age nine. Her parents, who both came from Bolivia, were jailed.
Unidentified	10 years	Unknown	Switzerland	2005: A girl gave birth to a baby girl at a hospital in Sion, Switzerland in August 2005. She had immigrated to Switzerland from Cameroon with her siblings when her mother married a Swiss citizen. A 68-year-old man who was in a relationship with the mother admitted to having molested the girl but a DNA test found that he was not the father of the girl's child.
Unidentified	10 years	The girl was raped by then-26-year-old William Edward Ronca. Ronca admitted to having molested the girl over a two year period and was sentenced to 25 years in prison as a result.	Abbeville, South Carolina, United States	2006: A girl in Abbeville, South Carolina gave birth by caesarean section in 2006. The baby was placed for adoption
Unidentified	10 years	The father was a then-13-year-old boy who attended the same school as the girl.	Belgium	2006: A girl from Charleroi, Belgium gave birth in 2006. After the child began gaining weight, her mother put her on a diet, but when the girl visited a doctor, it was discovered that she was nine months pregnant. News of the birth did not become publicly known until 2007.
Unidentified	10 years	The girl became pregnant after being raped by a 47-year-old neighbor, who was sentenced to 11 years, 6 months in prison for the crime.	Jaral del Progreso, Guanajuato, Mexico	2006: A girl from Jaral del Progreso, Guanajuato, Mexico gave birth naturally to a baby girl weighing 2.3 kilograms (5.1 lb) on April 3, 2006.
Unidentified	10 years	Her pregnancy was the result of a rape committed by the 65-year-old landlord of the house which her parents rented. The man was jailed.	San Lorenzo Cacaotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico	2007: A girl from San Lorenzo Cacaotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico gave birth to a baby boy on July 2, 2007.[31][32][33][34]
Unidentified	10 years	37-year-old Guadalupe Gutierrez-Juarez was jailed on one felony count of rape.	St. Anthony, Idaho, United States	2008: In St. Anthony, Idaho, U.S., a girl gave birth to a 6 pounds (2.7 kg) baby at Madison Memorial Hospital.
Elena Chiritescu	10 years	Gheorghe Mecic, the girl's 13-year-old cousin[36]	Jerez de la Frontera, Spain	2010: In Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, a girl of Romanian origin gave birth to a baby. The mother of the girl claimed that giving birth at such a young age was common in Romania.
Unidentified	11 years, 10 months	The girl's stepbrother	Aylesbury, England, United Kingdom	1972: A girl gave birth at the age of 11 years, 10 months at Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital in Aylesbury, England.
Maria Tizziano	11 years	Vincenzo Castro, Maria's 18-year-old boyfriend	Adrano, Sicily	1992: 11-year old Italian girl Maria Tizziano gave birth to her first son. The next year the second came along and she was still only 14 when the third boy was born. Maria, her boyfriend and a father of her sons Vincenzo Castro and their three sons all lived with her mother (who became a grandmother at 29) in a two-room flat.[40]
Unidentified	11 years	The girl was raped by a 75-year-old man, who was arrested on April 17, 2002.	Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States	2002: A girl from Bridgeport, Connecticut gave birth.
Bogdana Korenkova	11 years	The girl is suspected to have been impregnated by a 26-year-old neighbor, who fled in the fear of facing prosecution.	Kharkov, Ukraine	2004: Bogdana Korenkova gave birth to a baby boy weighing 8.4 lb (3.8 kg) at a hospital in Kharkov, Ukraine in January 2004.
Nadya Gnatyuk	11 years	The girl's father	Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine	2004: Nadya Gnatyuk gave birth in April 2004 after being raped by her own father. In 2005 she got married and in December 2006 she became mother for the second time at the age of 14.
Valentina Isaeva	11 years, 10 months	19-year-old Habibula Patahonov from Tajikistan, who rented a room in a flat where Valentina was living with her grandmother.	Moscow,Russia	2005: Valentina Isaeva gave birth to a girl in Moscow, Russia. The child's father was sentenced conditionally for child abuse but was not jailed because he was willing to support Valentina and their daughter.
Unidentified	11 years	A 37-year-old man was arrested.	Mother from Africa, Birth in London, England, United Kingdom	2006: A girl of African origin gave birth to a baby boy at a hospital in west London, United Kingdom on May 5, 2006.
Unidentified	11 years	An elderly security guard was arrested in connection with rape.	Cape Town, South Africa	2007: A girl from Valhalla Park, Cape Town, South Africa gave birth to a baby boy on July 12, 2007.She agreed to give the baby up for adoption on the condition she could visit him once a month.
Unidentified	11 years	The girl's mother's boyfriend, Michael Chaffer, was sentenced to 28 years in prison on charges of felonious assault and two counts of rape.	Lockland, Ohio, United States	2007: A girl from Lockland, Ohio, gave birth to a child on November 4, 2007. The baby is under the care of relatives.
Kordeza Zhelyazkova	11 years	19-year-old husband Jeliazko Dimitrov, with whom the child was allegedly conceived a week after meeting, now faces up to six years in jail for having sex with a minor.	Sliven, Bulgaria	2009: Kordeza Zhelyazkova, a Roma school girl, gave birth to a healthy daughter in Bulgaria on her wedding day.
Unidentified	11 years	Unknown	Texas, United States	2010: A girl in Texas, USA gave birth without complications to a healthy baby boy. "My daughter and (her) baby are fine, and the baby is absolutely beautiful," said the mother of the 11-year-old girl.

Youngest grandmothers

Grandmother	Age as grandmother	Age as mother	Location	Notes
Mum-Zi (mentioned above)	17 years	8 years, 4 months	Calabar, Nigeria	She is believed to be the world's youngest grandmother.
Ridca Stanescu	23 years	13 years	Romania	A woman from Romania has become the world's youngest grandmother at the age of 23 in 2011
Unidentified	25 years	13 years	Adrano, Sicily	A 25-year-old woman from Adrano became a grandmother after her 12-year-old daughter gave birth to a baby boy c. 1997.
Unidentified	26 years	14 years	Rotherham, South Yorkshire	A woman in Britain gave birth to a daughter at 14, and her daughter gave birth to a child at 12 years in 1999. The woman is said to be Britain's youngest grandmother. The girl's first baby was fathered by a man of 23 who was also her mother's lover. He had fathered a child with her mother, too, which was born ten days before hers. He was convicted of having unlawful sexual intercourse and jailed for seven years, but the sentence was halved on appeal. Two years later the girl, then 14-year-old, was pregnant again, from 17-year old out of work boy.
Larisa (daughter Bogdana Korenkova mentioned above)	28 years	17 years	Kharkov, Ukraine	Her 11-year-old daughter, Bogdana, gave birth to a child in 2004.
Kasey Leach	28 years	?	Queensland, Australia	She was considered as the youngest grandmother in Australia in 2008, while comparing herself to the Brady Bunch.
Julia Elia	29 years	15 years	Naples, Italy	Her 14-year-old daughter, Anna, gave birth to a child in 2010.
Maria (daughter Maria Tizziano mentioned above)	29 years	18 years	Adrano, Sicily	Maria was only 29 years old when her 11-year-old daughter gave birth to her first son in 1992.
Flora M. Davis	29 years	13 years	USA	Flora M. Davis got married at 12 gave birth to her first child at 13. At 15 her daughter got married and gave birth to her daughter a year after, making Flora a grandmother at age 29 and Flora's mother a great-grandmother at age 52 in 1903.
Leticia Magee	29 years	13 years	USA	Leticia Magee, 29, who gave birth to daughter at 13, became probably the youngest grandmother in USA when her 16-year-old daughter, Celia, gave birth to a son Russell in 2007.
Trine Andreassen	29 years	16 years	Norway	Became a mother at 16 in May 1995, her daughter became a mother at 13 in September 2008.[unreliable source?]
Kelly John	29 years	14 years	Britain	Kelly John, 29, who gave birth to daughter at 14, became probably the youngest grandmother in Britain when her 14-year-old daughter set to give birth to a child in 2011.

Youngest great-grandmothers

Great-grandmother	Age as great-grandmother	Age as mother	Location	Notes
Edna Bertonelle	48 years	15 years	Paris, France	Edna Bertonelle got married at 14, and her first child, a daughter, married at the same age. At 31 she was a grandmother, and her first grandson got married at the age of 17. At 48 Edna Bertonelle became a great-grandmother in c. 190.
Stella Boyd	49 years	?	Maybole, Ayrshire	Stella Boyd became a great-grandmother at the age of 49 in May 1997 when her 13-year-old granddaughter gave birth to her son.[63]
Jean McGahey	52 years	16 years	England	Mrs. McGahey gave birth to her first child at the age of 16 and became a grandmother at 33. Her first granddaughter gave birth at age 19, making Mrs McGahey a great-grandmother at age 52 in 2000.
Sarah Bartholomew (daughter Flora M. Davis mentioned above)	52 years	22 years	Waverly, Iowa	Her daughter gave birth at 13 and her granddaughter became a mother at 16, making Mrs. Bartholomew a great-grandmother at 52 in 1903.

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