Did the oldest person ever steal her mom's identity?

[Steve]

I came across this article that I thought was interesting:

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/hist...d-imposter

Apparently some researchers suspect that 122 year old Jeanne Calment was actually her daughter, Yvonne, impersonating her mother in a fraud scheme.

If anybody is further interested in the story the lead researcher was interviewed a month ago and has more information on why he suspects she was a fraud:

https://www.leafscience.org/valery-novos...ty-record/