panaji at 355pm on august 20 the impossible became possible for carlos mascarenhas at 81 the former detective became the proud father of a baby girl he and his wife merlyn 36 opted for invitro fertilization ivf after they tasted success with it with their first born a girl in 2011 there are many instances of older men who have fathered a child said dr kedar padte the obgyn however carlos is perhaps the oldest new papa in loutolim and perhaps even in goa mascarenhas from loutolim was thrilled im over the moon he said on his way home with his wife and newborn carlos married merlyn in 2007 when they decided to start a family they went in for ivf resulting in giselles birth in 2011 the couples longing for a second child brought them back to dr padte to complete the family carlos and merlyn continued their ivf treatment said padte the second child was born after merlyn underwent a painstaking treatment of months of ivf treatment mascarenhas who studied at st pauls belgaum and matriculated there in 1952 soon followed his parents to africa he worked as a detective there for fifteen years and after quitting in 1968 moved to corporate finance and emigrated first to england and then to canada in 2005 he moved back to goa for goodnow the former south african detective runs a botanical garden and resort garca branca in loutolim he is also an author having written a book i was a copper a copper i wasdr padtes team comprised of drveena velingkar drmahesh parsekar drnikhil bhoomkar drpankaj naik dranant tanksale drjyoti gadkar drramchandra bhat and geetanjali sukhija