This meticulous craft requires time, patience and concentration to avoid mistakes. With three decades of experience under his belt, Michael is now eager to share his cane-weaving expertise with anyone interested in learning this traditional craft
If you add up the ages of all of the D'Cruz siblings, you get a family who is 1,042 years old. The family made the Guinness World Records for "Highest Combined.
20 days, you ve got to stay alive so then we could do it.
Bertyl Condillac 88, quoting her nephew
The D Cruz children were born to Cecilia and Michael D Cruz in Karachi, Pakistan. Twelve kids total, nine girls, three boys.
The lucky dozen eventually, as siblings do, started their own lives and moved to cities all over the world.
Cecilia D Cruz, mother of the 12 siblings who are members of Guinness World Records
Michael D Cruz, father of the 12 siblings who are members of the Guinness World Records
One of the sisters lives in Switzerland, most of the others live in Ontario, Canada.
Another sister, Althea, 82, now known as Ally Pecus, lives in San Diego, California.
If you add up the ages of all of the D'Cruz siblings, you get a family who is 1,042 years old. The family made the Guinness World Records for "Highest Combined.
If you add up the ages of all of the D'Cruz siblings, you get a family who is 1,042 years old. The family made the Guinness World Records for "Highest Combined.