Woman, 104, forced to lie about age on Facebook

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GROSSE POINTE SHORES, Mich. (AP) — Marguerite Joseph can be forgiven for lying about her age on
Facebook.The 104-year-old Michigan woman’s granddaughter says Joseph is unable to list her real age on the
social media site.GailMarlow says when she tries inputting her grandmother’s birth year as1908, Facebook
changes it to 1928. So for the past two years, the GrossePointe Shores centenarian has remained 99 — online,
anyway.Joseph is legally blind and can’t hear well, but Marlow reads and responds to all of her Facebook
messages.Marlow tells WDIV-TV (http://bit.ly/Y7HQM2
) she "would love to see" Joseph’s real age displayed on Facebook andchalks up her inability to do
so to "a glitch in the system."A Facebook official did not immediately respond to a message
Wednesday seeking comment.___Information from: WDIV-TV, http://www.clickondetroit.comCopyright 2013 The
Associated Press.GROSSE POINTE SHORES, Mich. (AP) — Marguerite Joseph can be forgiven for lying about her
age on Facebook.The 104-year-old Michigan woman’s granddaughter says Joseph is unable to list her real age
on the social media site.GailMarlow says when she tries inputting her grandmother’s birth year as1908,
Facebook changes it to 1928. So for the past two years, the GrossePointe Shores centenarian has remained 99
— online, anyway.Joseph is legally blind and can’t hear well, but Marlow reads and responds to all of her
Facebook messages.Marlow tells WDIV-TV (http://bit.ly/Y7HQM2 ) she "would love to see"
Joseph’s real age displayed on Facebook andchalks up her inability to do so to "a glitch in the
system."A Facebook official did not immediately respond to a message Wednesday seeking
comment.___Information from: WDIV-TV, http://www.clickondetroit.comCopyright 2013 The
Associated Press.

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