96-Year-Old Dad, Farmer Named World's Oldest New Dad [Photo, Video]
A 96-year-old farmer in India says that he has set the record for the world's oldest newest father, and for the second time.
Ramjit Raghav and his 52-year-old wife Shakuntala Devi, welcomed their second baby in two years. Baby Ranjeet was born on Oct. 5, according to The Times of India.
Raghav beat his own record for being the world's oldest new dad. He first set the record two years ago when he and his wife welcomed their first son, Vikramajeet in 2010.
The older villageman credits being a vegetarian with a diet consisted of only milk, butter and almonds and a healthy sex drive helped him produce two children for the first time in his 90s.
"I didn't take any performance enhancers ... I just prayed to go to complete my family, either a boy or a girl," he told The Times of India.
Raghav's local government's social welfare department listed him at 96 years old but his age has yet to be confimed by ABC News.
According to the report, he was unwed and celibate most of his life until he met his wife 10 years ago.
"After staying together, we decided to extend our family and aspired for two sons. With God's grace, our wish has been fulfilled," Raghav said.
Although he claims to be "very capable of having more babies," the 96-year-old said he is done having children for financial reasons.
"I have asked my wife to be sterilized now. I don't want more children, we can't afford it. I want my boys to go to a school and study. I will do my best to give them what they need in life," he told The Sun.
The world's previous oldest dad was thought to be Indian farmer Nanu Ram Jog, who had four wives and had his 2 st child at the age of 90 in 2010, according to the World Record Academy.
Ramjit Raghav and his 52-year-old wife Shakuntala Devi live in the outskirts of Delhi in Haryana in a one-room home, according to Yahoo.
Watch the video below of the couple holding their newborn baby.
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