Cenk Uygur
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World's Oldest Dad Has Son at 96
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October 21, 2012
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3:13Now Playing"Men, if you're searching for the key to lifelong virility, look no further than the nearest grocery store. Specifically, stock up on vegetables, milk, ghee, almonds and chapatis, an Indian flatbread.
That's what a 96-year-old Indian man, whose 52-year-old wife gave birth to a healthy boy on Oct. 5, attributes his vitality to, the Times of India reports. Ramajit Raghav, who lives about 30 miles (50 km) northwest of Delhi in the district of Haryana, claims he is the oldest man in the world to father a child — breaking a record he set in November 2010, when his first son, Vikramjeet, was born. ABC News was unable to confirm Raghav's age, but the Times of India reports that Haryana government's social-welfare department lists his age as 96.
Raghav, a former wrestler, told the Times of India he also credits his fertility to an active, alcohol-free lifestyle.
"I wake up at 5 in the morning and go to bed before 8 p.m. During the day, I work in the fields and also take [a] one-to-two-hour afternoon nap," he said.
Although Raghav and his wife Shakuntala Devi initially planned to limit their family to three after Vikramjeet's birth, he told the Mirror that he is happy to welcome their newborn.
"What can I do? This is all God's wish. He wanted me to have another son," Raghav said. "It's good that I have another son now. Even if one of them dies, God forbid, I will have someone to carry on my family name."* Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola (Host, TYT University), and Kim Horcher (Host, GeekSpeak) discuss the drawbacks of being a father at 96 as well as Ramajit Raghav's interesting life prior to becoming the world's oldest father.
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