True Story of Lina Medina Vásquez: World’s Youngest Mother at the Age of Five

Lina Medina Vasquez is a true story of a 5-year-old girl, who becomes the youngest mother creating history by giving birth to a baby boy. The reasons behind her early pregnancy are stepped into mystery and concern and and that time her father was initially accused of s*xual abuse, but later on was released as no evidence was found against him in that case.

The Youngest Mother in History

Lina is a 5-year-old Peruvian girl, who becomes the youngest mother in history by giving birth to a baby boy. She was born on 14 May 1939 and she was also one of the nine children of her parents. She gave birth to a male baby, who was 2.7 kg in weight and was named Gerardo Alejandro.


This diagnosis was also very rare and strange at the same time for all the doctors who looked after her medical condition. Around the age of five her belly started growing excessively which raised the concerns for the same.

The true Story of Lina Medina Vásquez World's Youngest Mother
Lina Medina Vásquez World’s Youngest (Credits: Wikimedia Commons)

At first, the local people and her parents thought it was some kind of curse or her pregnancy was termed as a tumor, but after running several medical examination tests and surveys it was diagnosed that she was seven months pregnant.

It was believed that she had gone through precocious puberty which is considered to be a rare scientific condition where children go through puberty at an early age. According to the medical reports of the time, published by the researcher Edmundo Escumel in his journal, he exclaimed that Lina had a very early body development. She had her first menstrual cycle at only eight months.

In any case, at the age of four, she was already in the middle of puberty, with her b*easts already being developed. Scientific research believed it to be a hormonal disorder of the pituitary origin of the line.

Theory of Precocious Puberty

According to scientific theories and research, puberty that begins before the age of 8 in girls and before age 9 in boys is known as precocious puberty. This kind of puberty is accelerated due to s*xual contact at an early age. It includes rapid growth of bones and muscles, changes in body shape and size, and development of the body’s ability to reproduce.

The cause of precocious puberty in some humans often can’t be found. Rarely, certain conditions, such as infections, hormone disorders, tumors, brain abnormalities, or injuries, are mainly responsible for causing precocious puberty.

Theory of Sun God child

She was very young due to which people considered her a kind of Virgin Mary, and that she had given birth to the son of the sun god, an idea in accordance with the stories of the ancient Inca empire.

This fact was brought into the headlines regarding the father of the baby and the question that raised among the people throughout the world was who assaulted the girl, due to which her father was also been arrested as a suspect. Investigation happened but no clue for the same was found, and therefore her father was released.

Another suspect one of her brothers, who had some sort of mental disorder, but there was no evidence was discovered against him either. The case was finally filed but it was never discovered who was the father of the baby, Gerardo Alejandro, who grew up believing and treating his mother as a sister.

Where Is Lina Medina Vásquez and Her Child Now

In adulthood, Lina Medina Vásquez worked as a secretary in the Lima clinic of Lozada, which educated her and helped her son in high school. She had a normal life after that and got married in 1972, following which she had another child. The son she gave birth to when she was five, grew healthy but died at the age of 40 from bone marrow disease in 1979.

The news of her son’s made it to the headlines, but more details about her existence are not known since there is no recent information or obituary news about her on social media platforms. Lina has consistently refused to discuss her personal life, which has contributed to limited public knowledge about her and her family.

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