Is it her genes? Oldest known person turns 115 on Sunday

April 18, 2008 By RICK CALLAHAN, Associated Press Writer Is it her genes? Oldest known person turns 115 on Sunday (AP)

Edna Parker holds a rose that she was given during a birthday party for her in Shelbyville, Ind., Friday, April 18, 2008. Parker, who was born April 20, 1893, is the oldest known human. She will turn 115 on Sunday, April 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

(AP) -- Maybe it was a lifetime of chores on the family farm that accounts for Edna Parker's long life. Or maybe just good genes explain why the world's oldest known person will turn 115 on Sunday, defying staggering odds.

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