Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-28162607-20180220221000/@comment-91424-20180221000747

Emillian Swanones wrote: Henry was already 10 on Emma's 28th birthday, meaning his birthday comes before hers in the year. If we go off his birthday being in August, he would have been concieved in November when Emma was barely 17. However, Adam and Eddy have stated that her and Neal's relationship took place during the summer. If we go off that, Henry would have been concieved when Emma was 16 and born roughly between September and October 27th. But because of it being a teenage pregnancy, it is highly possible he was a premature baby and the stated birthday fits with the timeline. So Henry's birthday being August 15th works with Emma being either 16 or 17.

I've never heard about A&E saying that the relationship took place during the summer, but if they did, they were wrong, pure and simple - the writers are normal humans, just like the rest of us, and they are perfectly capable of screwing up on interviews, on Twitter etc. The show states that Neal and Emma met in 2001: A title card from "There's No Place Like Home", where we see a flashback from the day Emma and Neal met (we know it takes place on the day they met because they have the drink Neal suggested in "Tallahassee"), clearly says "Portland, 2011" (as seen here). Emma was born in October 1983, therefore she turned 17 the year before she met Neal. As for Henry's birthdate, it is perfectly possible that he was conceived in early 2011 and was born a few weeks to soon.