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Senorita Lucia zarate the inspiration for American horror story (ma petite)

Lucia Zarate stands as the most well-known small person in the annals of littleness.  Not since the reign of the Sicilian Fairy, Caroline Crachami, in the 1820's had there been anyone exhibited so tiny and yet so well-proportioned. Lucia's early childhood is shrouded in mystery. Some say she was born in San Carlos in Northern Mexico. Others, that she hailed from Vera Cruz, which is along the Gulf of Mexico. She was first brought to the United States in 1876 and was exhibited straightaway in various venues all leading up to her big debut in Philadelphia at the Centennial Exposition, held in celebration of that Nation's first 100 years of Independence. As was the custom with showmen who exhibited midgets, she was promoted as being older than her years - in her case twelve. Hence, to this day, many biographers believe she was born in 1864. However, she was consistently said to be a year older than her exhibition companion, General Mite, who we know was born in 1872.  Thus I believe she was actually born closer to 1870 making her only about 6 yrs old at the start of her brief thirteen-year career. Lucia then stood about 51cm high, which would be below the knee level of an average-sized American man! It is true that over the years her stature increased but it is probably safe to say that she never exceeded 66cm. in height.     Lucia arrived in Europe with her Mom Tomara and Dad Feanui and two-year-old sister Evangelina. Some say that Lucia was exhibited with her sister.  It is possible this is true because why else bring along a two-year old when surely there must have been other Zarate children who stayed behind in the U.S?  I read somewhere that Lucia had an older brother. If that's true, then by 1880 Lucia might have had four or five siblings. Many prodigies toured Europe, all proudly proclaiming to have met all of that Continent's Kings and Queens. But as far as I know only Lucia and Francis Flynn have actually been documented by authorities at Windsor Castle as having actually met Queen Victoria. According to HRH's appointment books, this was on  26 February 1881. In America,  Lucia and Francis were simply known and billed as "The Midgets" and in Europe as the "American Midgets".  When Gen. Mite and Millie Edwards worked together they were known as the "Royal American Midget's   Some who saw Lucia thought she "possessed a low order of intelligence" but that was only because the twelve-year old girl they thought they were looking at was actually only six.   .