India, Feb. 15 -- Love is a timeless force that binds people together, transcending distance, time, and circumstance. Love knows no bounds for a Brazilian couple who have been married for a record 84 years and have over 100 grandchildren. Manoel and Maria exchanged vows in 1940 at the chapel of Boa Ventura in Ceara, Brazil. The world was a very different place back then-Brazil had yet to win a single FIFA World Cup, and the first programmable electronic computer had not even been invented.

Their story began in 1936 when Manoel travelled to the Almeida region in Boa Viagem to collect a shipment of rapaduras, a traditional Brazilian candy. It was there that he first met Maria. Their relationship, however, did not blossom immediately. A cha...