Ahmed Muhamed Dore and 17-year-old Safia Abdulleh
As the story of a 9-year-old school boy who tied the knot with his 62-year-old bride in Ximhungwe, Mpumalanga, South Africa, became viral on the Internet, Naij.com decided to bring you three more stories of unusual marriages and relationships of couples with huge age gaps.
The controversial wedding of 112-year-old Ahmed Muhamed Dore and 17-year-old Safia Abdulleh in October 2009 sparked mixed reactions from locals and all over the world. It is believed to be one of the weirdest marriage unions and the biggest age gap in the world - 95 years. At the time of an unusual marriage the ‘groom’ had 114 children and grandchildren. His oldest son is 80 and three of his wives have died. This was his first marriage for three quarters of a century.
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