Mom 9--Dad, 16, Disappears
From Reuters
LONDON —
A 9-year-old Brazilian girl gave birth to a baby last month, becoming the world’s youngest mother, a London newspaper reported today.
Maria Elaine Jesus Mascarennas gave birth by Caesarean section to her daughter Dianane on March 25 in Jequie, a town in northeast Brazil. The father was a frightened 16-year-old farm laborer who had taken to the bush, the Daily Mirror said.
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