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Almihan Seyiti had seen it all.

A woman believed to have lived to 135 years — the oldest recorded in history — died last Thursday, the New York Post reported.

The supercentenarian from Xinjiang in Western China, according to Daily Mail, claimed to be born on June 25, 1886, during the imperial Qing dynasty, and was officially declared the nation’s oldest living person in 2013 by the China Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics.

Seyiti died “peacefully” on Dec. 16, authorities reported on Saturday, while surrounded by family. Married in 1903, she was said to have adopted a boy and a girl with her husband who passed away in 1976 while she went on to see six generations of descendants come to pass. She is survived by many, including 43 grand- and great-grandchildren.

Seyiti, an ethnically Uygur woman from Komuxerik in Shule county of Kashgar prefecture, had a government issued identification card to reflect her late-19th century birth date, but some have been skeptical of her longevity due to the poor record-keeping practices that time.

Komuxerik village has been called a “longevity town” by some experts, as the community boasts dozens of seniors aged 90 years and up. This is at least in part owing to the recent “improvement of health services.”

Researchers including representatives from Guinness World Records have not been able to independently verify Seyiti’s age, but, if true, she would have indeed been the oldest person in the world upon her death.

Currently, Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at the age of 122, officially holds that title although her legitimacy has also been questioned as of late. It’s possible, according to investigators, that the current world record holder had been using her mother’s ID, adding an additional 23 years to her age.

Now, Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman born in January 1903, remains the oldest person alive — reportedly beating cancer twice along the way.