What do people do for Mother's Day to get in the Guinness Book of Records?
The oldest mother to conceive naturally turns out to be Dawn Brooke, of the U.K. in 1997. That's a record about giving birth rather than about Mother's Day. And that's where the Guinness Book of Records goes for Mothers.
Here's the weird one: In 2008, when she was 56, Jacelyn Dalenberg agreed to be a surrogate mom for her daughter, Kom Coseno. Jacelyn successfully carried and delivered three healthy granddaughters, who were delivered by C-section at a Cleveland hospital.
That makes her the oldest woman to give birth to grandchildren.
And then there's the record for the most number of children - in the 1700s (supposedly and highly unlikely) - the wife of Feodor Vassilyex (she has no first name on record) is claimed to have given birth to 69 children - 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.
But that's all about giving birth.
Are there strange celebrations? Yes, in Peru, they visit their mothers who have past at the cemeteries. In Australia, they give "mums" to mums (chrysanthemums). Mexico's Mother's Day starts with Las Manzanitas serenade. In Nepal, they visit Mata Tirtha Pond - which is dedicated to showing love and respect to mothers, living and deceased. Ethiopia has a three-day celebration for Mother's Day. Thailand combines its celebration of their queen with Mother's Day. In Japan it is red carnations that are traditional on Mother's Day.
Aren't these all sort of sweet, but tame? Compare that to Chicago breaking the record for the biggest game of catch on Father's Day with 2,000 people participating.
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