A mother and daughter in Brazil were diagnosed with cancer at the same time and passed away just 10 hours apart. Cibele Marchis, 28, died at around 4pm on Thursday, while her mother, Maria Elisabete Nogueira, 56, was sedated in a different hospital in the city of Mogi Guacu, about 100 miles northwest of Sao Paulo. Family and friends were still at Cibele’s wake when they learned of her mother’s death. The two women were buried together in a joint funeral at a municipal cemetery. Rawlinson Leandro da Costa, Maria Elisabete’s nephew and a cousin of Cibele, shared with local media after their deaths that neither woman wanted to see the other die. They had spoken about it, sometimes jokingly and other times seriously. Neither of them learned of the other’s death before it happened. This tragic coincidence has left the family in shock. Cibele, who worked in real estate and digital marketing, had nearly 12,000 Instagram followers. She was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer that began in her adrenal gland. She was the first of the two to be diagnosed after experiencing symptoms in December 2023. In an emotional post on social media in March, she shared a photo of herself connected to an IV drip and wrote: “As long as your only problem is money, be grateful. Worse is facing something that not even all the money in the world can solve.” Cibele had contracted infections after surgery in December of last year, and her family was called to the hospital. However, she made an unexpected recovery and was briefly discharged. Meanwhile, her mother had been battling pancreatic cancer and had been in the hospital since September 17 after her health worsened. A well-wisher named Jorge Vitorino paid tribute to Maria Elisabete, referring to her by her nickname Bia. He said: “It is with profound sorrow and immense sadness that we announce the passing of Bia Nogueira, mother of our dear Cibele Marchis. Bia was a light wherever she went: a joyful, affectionate woman with a generous heart, who left unforgettable marks on everyone who had the blessing of sharing her life. Her life was a constant example of faith, love, affection and dedication to family and friends. May the love and memories of her smile bring some comfort to the hearts of family and friends in this moment of inexplicable pain. Bia and Cibele remain together in the spiritual realm and forever etched in our memory.” Cibele’s friend Barbara Rodrigues dos Santos said: “She never stopped working. She never stopped living. She never stopped doing the things she had to do.” A colleague, Eloa Righi, added: “She didn't let cancer define her. She didn't want to be known as Cibele who has cancer, but rather Cibele who works, has fun, lives, and has cancer.”