The superlative form of an adjective, in this case oldest, is used when more than two people or things are compared. When the comparison is between two, the comparative form is needed. In this context: older.
Wood gave away Leah, the older of his two children …
Source
‘Paint it white as Stones daughter weds’, Sunday Times, 22 June 2008, p. 2
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