AT JUST FIVE YEARS OLD, LINA MEDINA BECAME THE YOUNGEST MOTHER IN HISTORY

In 1939, Lina Medina from Peru gave birth at 5 years and 7 months old, becoming the youngest confirmed mother in medical history.

Doctors found she had precocious puberty, a rare condition causing early sexual development. Her son, Gerardo, was raised by her parents and lived until age 40. Now in her 90s, Lina lives quietly in Peru and rarely speaks of her past.

Her case remains one of medicine’s most astonishing and heartbreaking mysteries.