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Emily Tremonti admires her 110th birthday cake (Mary-Kate Mele/AP)

They couldn't fit 110 candles on Emily Tremonti's birthday cake, but she lit up her OAP home in Fairfield, Connecticut, with a sparkling milestone celebration, surrounded by family and friends .

Great-great-niece Mary-Kate Mele said her Aunt "Em" did not have children but boasts three nieces, six great-nephews and nieces, seven great-great-nieces and three great-great-great nephews and nieces.