Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-28162607-20170103120839/@comment-28162607-20170106150644

Nightlily wrote:

Aine1989 wrote:

Except his birthday was not August; per the show's canon it is March/April. He said he was 11 in Manhattan, which takes place in about March/April, so he had to have turned 11 at some point between then and the end of s1. No, as far as I know, the show's canon does not say that it's March/April.

1) We don't know how much time passed between Valentine's Day 2012 in "Skin Deep" and "A Land Without Magic". We know that Kathryn disappeared for a week (as seen in "The Stable Boy"), and the events of "The Return" take place shortly after "The Stable Boy", but we don't know how much time passes between "The Return" and "The Stranger" (which is followed by "An Apple Red..." and "A Land..:", which take place immediately after "The Stranger").

2) Emma and Mary Margaret's stay in the Enchanted Forest in the first nine episodes of season 2 could easily have lasted for weeks.

3) In "Child of the Moon", David says, "A few months ago, everyone thought Mary Margaret was guilty of murder."

4) So, to sum it up: Even if MM was arrested not long after Valentine's day, mid season 2 should take place several months later, meaning that it's perfectly possible that Henry is eleven, or nearly eleven, in mid season two. It's not "entirely possbile", he outright says he is 11 in mid season two.

How exactly do you know it was "several months" later? I would take two months tops because we've never had any reason to believe otherwise.

So let's say 2x14 was two months after V Day, so its April, meaning Henry was 11 in March April 2012. Born in March/April 2001, conveived in July/August 2000. Do the maths yourself