Portuguese Maria de Jesus walks out from the bedroom to the terrasse at her house in Corujo, 09 September 2006, 150 Kms North of Lisbon. Maria de Jesus, the oldest person in Europe in accordance with US´s Gerontology Research Goup, will celebrate her 113th birthday on 10 September 2006 at the house in central Portugal where she lives with her 81-year-old daughter for nearly two decades. Getty Images logo Getty Images 41 months ago

Portuguese Maria de Jesus walks out from the bedroom to the terrasse at her house in Corujo, 09 September 2006, 150 Kms North of Lisbon. Maria de Jesus, the oldest person in Europe in accordance with US´s Gerontology Research Goup, will celebrate her 113th birthday on 10 September 2006 at the house in central Portugal where she lives with her 81-year-old daughter for nearly two decades.