Lina Medina (born September 27, 1933 in Peru) gave birth at the age of 5 years, 7 months and 21 days and is the youngest confirmed mother in medical history.
Brought to a hospital by her parents at the age of 5 years because of increasing abdominal size. She was originally thought to have had a tumor, but her doctors determined she was in the seventh month of pregnancy.
Her son weighed 2.7 kg (6 lb) at birth and was named Gerardo after her doctor. Gerardo was raised believing that Lina was his sister, but found out at the age of ten that she was his mother. He grew up healthy but died in 1979 at the age of 40 of a disease of the bone marrow.
There are two published photographs documenting the case. The first one was taken around the beginning of April, 1939, when Medina was seven and a half months into pregnancy. Taken from Medina’s left side, it shows her standing naked in front of an inconclusive backdrop . This is the only published photograph of Lina taken during her pregnancy. The other photograph is of far greater clarity and was taken a year later in Lima when Gerardo was eleven months old.
![The youngest mother [1939]](http://www.worldsfamousphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/lina_medina.jpg)
Photographer: Edmundo Escomel, a physician-researcher
Source: wikipedia.org
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Stumbler says:
Is anybody else wondering who the pervert was who had sex with a 5 year old girl?
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 at 7:03 pm"
Teresa Catlin says:
Was the father’s identity ever determined???
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 at 8:40 pm"
f*ck says:
wtf?
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 at 8:52 pm"
Brian says:
Eventually, the little girl’s father confessed to molesting her.
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 at 10:37 pm"
withheld says:
she was five? yeah, right. NOT.
Thursday, December 13th, 2007 at 5:56 am"
Justa Thought says:
Maybe a SEVERLY late twin??? No, you’re probably right, a perv.
Monday, December 17th, 2007 at 2:16 pm"
Tocmo0nlord says:
umm wouldn’t that picture be considered child pornography ? i mean its just a thought…. u know how the sharks are these days to make an easy buck
Thursday, December 20th, 2007 at 1:54 am"
jeff kalabro says:
“umm wouldn’t that picture be considered child pornography ?”
it’s presented in an educational/informational context, not sexual.
Thursday, December 20th, 2007 at 11:02 pm"
Homebrew5 says:
You all realise that this is a wee bit ‘o Internet-Urban-Myth-Bumpf right?
Friday, December 21st, 2007 at 9:20 am"
SB says:
actually, her father did not confess to it. he was arrested on suspicion, but the police never got any evidence against him, and he was set free. The girl never named her rapist.
Monday, December 24th, 2007 at 6:13 am"
someone in the O.C says:
uhm she hit puberty before 5? wtf??? there is so many things wrong with this.
Monday, December 24th, 2007 at 10:20 pm"
Belen says:
This is unbelieveable how could Lina’s uncle rape her and get her pregnat?
Saturday, December 29th, 2007 at 5:42 am"
lyn says:
While at first it seems to be a hoax, sadly it is not. Lina still lives in Peru, having married and has a second child born in 1972. The following links will give you the facts. es.wikipedia... time.com/tim... en.wikipedia...
snopes.com/p...
There are dozens of other articles, many from the hospital and educational departments of those schools/hospitals in the US that conducted studies on her when she was brought to the US. Just type her name in on a search engine.
Friday, January 4th, 2008 at 6:35 am"
luis says:
she got pregnant on her own she had unstable hormones that made the child the doctor never found out why she had that abnormality its not possible to get pregnant on that early age because the women body is not ready and has no fertility but her body was more of a 14 to 16 year old
Saturday, January 5th, 2008 at 8:15 am"
Ems says:
Did the baby have three eyes or something? I mean, if she was raped by her dad, that’s kind of insessed.
Sunday, January 6th, 2008 at 9:26 pm"
Anonymous says:
they should ahve included this excerpt from wikipedia in the description.
“There was never evidence that Lina Medina’s pregnancy occurred in any but the usual way, but she never revealed the father of the child, nor the circumstances of her impregnation. Dr. Escomel suggested she might not actually know herself by writing that Lina “couldn’t give precise responses.” Lina’s father was arrested on suspicion of rape and incest, but was later released due to lack of evidence.[1] Medina later married Raúl Jurado, who fathered her second son in 1972.”
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 at 3:49 pm"
anon says:
Snopes says it’s real, too: snopes.com/p...
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 at 1:18 pm"
chris says:
omg.what pervert did that to a five year old!
Thursday, January 10th, 2008 at 12:13 am"
ariel says:
how can she have baby wen shes five thats not possible.
and who the hell would have sex with a five year old girl… what a pervertttttt!1 ya nasty!!!!
Thursday, January 10th, 2008 at 3:51 pm"
me says:
According to what I read her uncle was the father of the child
Sunday, January 13th, 2008 at 1:46 am"
Kaia says:
it would probably be considered child pronography NOW back then i doubt it. i had a friend who had her period at age 9 and my friend’s daughter had hers at age 10 so yeah im sure its possible that she could have hit puberty by then.
Sunday, January 13th, 2008 at 10:14 pm"
kihan says:
amazing i cant believe in all this
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 at 10:14 am"
thtsmyrugbystik says:
absolutely sickening. She was raped when she was 4 years old…what sick bastard would have sex with a 4 year old???? I can not believe her body could even support to carry another life when she was just developing herself…i literally feel sick.
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 at 9:01 am"
jo says:
aww i feel sorry 4 her what sick twat wud get a 5 year old pregnent they need there head testing !!!!!
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 at 5:37 pm"
sanjay kr, Bokaro steel city, India. says:
can’t believe ? How is it possible medically? I feel cynical, for this inhumane act of barbarism. That (person responsible) must be hanged for his act.
Monday, January 28th, 2008 at 12:52 pm"
fishponydogpig says:
“aww i feel sorry 4 her what sick twat wud get a 5 year old pregnent they need there head testing”
yeah um for a start wat sick twat would sleep with a five year old girl let alone get her pregnant??? and secondly i think someone who sleeps with a kid is beyond getting his head tested.
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 at 4:07 am"
Leen says:
Who’s the father? And what kind of creep is he?
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 at 7:15 pm"
gabzz.x says:
that photo is wrong on so many levels.
scarred for life.
i feel so sick. and so sorry for her! 
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 at 11:26 pm"
jimmytillitt says:
is this young mother still alive today?
Thursday, January 31st, 2008 at 11:01 am"
icy says:
oh….. my……poor girl…….
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 at 10:01 am"
oggerp says:
aww i feel sorry 4 her what sick twat wud get a 5 year old pregnent they need there head testing !!!!!
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 at 8:35 am"
jessica says:
thats like umm nasty i cant believe that a who ever the daddy is would do that i mean hell shes just a baby her self….that man that done that to that girl needs his ass kicked and some serious help…i feel sorry for her…
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 at 9:19 pm"
lora says:
WHAT KIND OF LIFE DID THE BABY HAVE AFTER HE FOUND OUT THE TRUTH
Friday, February 22nd, 2008 at 2:33 am"
Holly says:
Why does our world have to be like this?
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 at 6:33 am"
Freya says:
Heh, I really don’t think wikipedia is a very good source of reference since people are able to change the pages with their own opinions, not necessarily facts.
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 at 5:10 am"
ann says:
good question jessica….my goodness soooo sad!!!!!
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 at 12:04 pm"
Alyssa says:
I am so confused. HOw could she make the baby herself. and that poor girl to have her period at the age of 3. I mean.. what would you tell your daughter if she had her period at three. i’d think that girl wasprobably scared to death when she saw that blood down there. and maybe it wasnt a perv. it could have been a lil boy her age at pre-school or something. cuz clearly a man with a cock can not fit his thing in there. i know wrong to say but it would have killed her. no way posssibleeee. UGH. I WANNA KNOW THE REAL STORY. lol. =]
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 at 3:36 am"
EMT2508 says:
i mean she would be 69 yrs old now
Sunday, March 16th, 2008 at 2:21 am"
Ye min says:
I can’t believe it.Because there is no as this case in Myanmar Country.
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 at 9:07 am"
Shelby says:
read the article and observe. it’s obvious she carried her twin. if they had thought it was a tumor, she was definitely was supposed to have a twin. and on top of that, a 5 yr old isn’t going to hide the fact that they were sexually abused. and any parent can tell.
Friday, March 28th, 2008 at 4:22 am"
Marlise says:
wow that is seriously educating
she was a very strong young lady
and these grown woman cring out that the pain is too much
and a 5 year it did it
her father should have been sent to prison or something
Saturday, March 29th, 2008 at 9:11 am"
Sablicious says:
If there’s fluff on the muff she’s old enough!
(Okay. I know that was crude… but I just couldn’t help myself! -blushes-)
Sunday, April 6th, 2008 at 3:04 pm"
Naomi says:
Sabllicious you are sick.
Normaly the youngist age to start pubertey is about 8, but that can be raer.
Sunday, April 20th, 2008 at 7:54 pm"
Sudhi says:
Really sick to see this…But really want to curse that bustard father..sorry for using this word.Cant help reading this
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at 8:42 pm"
2 sexy 4 you baby says:
according to all facts this young lile girl was raped bye he uncle unfortunlly they didnt catch him but she did live a normal life with the baby untill that boy died….but i still wondering how she got pregnant at 5 she was not developed proply how sad… that poor little girl….
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 at 8:46 am"
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