article_snippet: The retired telephonist, who lives in Coventry with her husband Walter, 83, says that the family's remarkable achievement had been a long-time coming.
article_snippet: It is incredible to think we are the oldest family in the world.
article_snippet: I knew we were a big family but to be over 1,000 years old is a remarkable achievement.'
article_snippet: I think 23 months was the longest time our mother went without being pregnant.