Lucia Zarate

Lucia Zarate (January 2, 1864 – January 15, 1890) was born in San Carlos, which is now the town of Ursulo Galvan, Veracruz, and settled on the Agostadero, now Cempoala, Veracruz, Mexico. Zarate is the first person to have been identified with Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II. She was entered into the Guinness World Records as the "lightest recorded adult", weighing 4.7 pounds (2.1 kg) at the age of 17. According to an 1894 article in Strand Magazine, Zarate achieved her full growth by the age of one year. Her family home, Casa Grande (Big House) is open to the public as a museum.

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Lucia Zarate
Birth dateJanuary 02, 1864
Birth place
San Carlos Nuevo Guaymas , Mexico
cause of death
Hypothermia
Date of deathJanuary 15, 1890
Place of death
Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
Height (meters)0.6096
Weight (Kilograms)2.13192

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