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A 72-Year-Old Indian Woman Gives Birth to Twins

A 72-year-old woman who has two children and five grandchildren has given birth to twins, making her the world's oldest mother. Omkari Panwar delivered twins, a boy and a girl, by Caesarean section last week. "I am very happy," Charam Singh, 75, the father of the twins, told ABC News through an interpreter. Singh was reluctant to speak because he has received negative publicity for his wife's having children at such an advanced age. Even many people of his village in India's state of Uttar... Full Story
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