65. Youngest Mother

Lina Medina was a young Peruvian girl who made headlines in the 1930s when she gave birth to a healthy baby boy at the age of just five years old, making her the youngest confirmed mother in medical history. The circumstances surrounding her pregnancy remain shrouded in mystery.

While some theories suggest that she was the victim of sexual abuse, others suggest that she may have experienced precocious puberty, a rare condition in which a child’s body matures sexually at an abnormally early age. Today, her case remains a sobering reminder of the complex and often tragic ways in which biology, culture, and society intersect to shape the lives of individuals around the world.