Ages of the children?

[Frump]

I'm just curious, by the end of the series did Bobby and Cindy catch up to the ages that Marcia and Greg were at the begining of the series?

[Roger Sterling]

Well I'm not exactly sure how old Greg and Marcia were in the 1st season but I'll just estimate. Greg was in 9th grade so I'll say he was 14, Marcia I think is 2 grades behind him making her a 7th grader so let's say she was 12. I remember in the episode where Bobby met Joe Namath, they say he's 12 years old that was in 1973 making him 13 when it ended the next year. And Cindy was born in 1963 because in one episode from 1969 I remember them saying she's 6. So she was 11 when it ended.

So Bobby and Cindy were both just a year younger than Greg and Marcia were when the show started.

[Frump]

Originally Posted by Roger Sterling

Well I'm not exactly sure how old Greg and Marcia were in the 1st season but I'll just estimate. Greg was in 9th grade so I'll say he was 14, Marcia I think is 2 grades behind him making her a 7th grader so let's say she was 12. I remember in the episode where Bobby met Joe Namath, they say he's 12 years old that was in 1973 making him 13 when it ended the next year. And Cindy was born in 1963 because in one episode from 1969 I remember them saying she's 6. So she was 11 when it ended.

So Bobby and Cindy were both just a year younger than Greg and Marcia were when the show started.

Thanks!! I've always wondered that, so at least Bobby caught up to Marcia's age for sure

[Tweety]

There have been a couple of threads in which the kids' ages and/or grades were discussed.

The only conclusion we were really able to come to is that the numbers were not consistent throughout the five year history of the series.

Feel free to check them out if you like:

Was it ever revealed what grades the kids were in? (from 2005)


The Brady Kids' Ages and Grades (This one was a very brief discussion from 2003)

[ThomasE]

From what I observed, this is what I saw:

Season one Carol tells Marcia in the ep where she and Greg are running for president that Greg is one year older. They are 13 and and 12.

Season two in the babysitting episode when Marcia and Greg say they are 13 and 14 years old and I believe midway through the season the go up one age as well as Jan and Peter explaining why Jan is 12 in that mid season episode where she wears the wig. Cindy is also said to be eight years old.

Season three has Greg being 16 and Marcia 15 episodes into the season. Jan is most likely still 12 years old by the time "Will the real Jan Brady stand up" when Carol say that Marcia is three years older. Midway through the season, Jan would be 13 years old plus I have heard Alice referring to Jan indirectly as being 13. Greg says that Cindy is nine in an ep where he is trying to sell a car. Later in the season, Cindy asks "why can't I go from eight to fifteen?" Mistake there!!!

Season Four, Marcia should be in 10th grade but is referred to as a freshman unless she is just referring to herself being a first year high school student but in the 10th.

Season Five has Marcia learning to drive, she should be 16 turning 17 later in the season. Mrs. Brady tells Jan that she should have her license "a year or two". Jan would be 14 about to be 15.

In the Brady Bunch Variety Hour from the 1976-1977, Marcia is out of High School. She most likely graduated one year after Greg as c/o 75'. Peter just started college. I take it that he graduated c/o 76'. Peter should have been a HS Senior or Maybe he graduated a semester early and started school in January 77.

The Brady Girls Get Married (1980-1981) Cindy begins her freshman year in college as Carol and Mike dropped her off (Early 1981 is when the movie aired). She was in 1st grade during season one unless she finished a semester early like Peter. LOL.

This is what I have observed.

[Frump]

Thanks, that's very detailed

And it just occured to me that it's not just Peter and Jan who are the middle children, but actually, Marcia, Peter, Jan, and Bobby would all be middle children lol With Greg being the eldest and Cindy being the youngest.

I wonder why they all 4 didn't go through the inferior moments?

[Mark Mallard]

The ages and school grades of the kids rarely ever followed in continuity, but from what we are certain about, Greg was a senior in high school in Season 5, so he should be about 18 then. Marcia was a Freshman in Season 4, so by Season 5, she'd be a Sophomore and probably 16 or so. Peter is technically supposed to be a Freshman in the last season, even though in the episode "Quarterback Sneak" he says he is "going to Westdale next year", which makes no sense when you consider his age. Given that, he's probably about a late 15 when the show ends in Season 5. The rest of the kids are hard to determine, especially Bobby and Cindy, but since Jan is supposed to be one year behind Peter (evidenced in the 3rd season episode "Power of the Press"), she should be in the 8th grade and about 14 by the end of Season 5.

[janet42]

In the last season, I think, Cindy was the same age as Peter was in the first season and Bobby was a year older.

When the show started, Greg was in eighth grade and at that time the Junior High only went up to the eighth grade and he started Freshmen year in high school the following year. A couple years the later the Junior High started to go up to the ninth grade which Marcia and Peter did. So I think Marcia was only a year younger that Greg but had to do ninth grade in Junior high instead of Freshman in high school

[ThomasE]

Originally Posted by janet42

In the last season, I think, Cindy was the same age as Peter was in the first season and Bobby was a year older.

When the show started, Greg was in eighth grade and at that time the Junior High only went up to the eighth grade and he started Freshmen year in high school the following year. A couple years the later the Junior High started to go up to the ninth grade which Marcia and Peter did. So I think Marcia was only a year younger that Greg but had to do ninth grade in Junior high instead of Freshman in high school

Cindy would have been eleven by season's end. Heck since she started blossomed, maybe she went up to twelve. Regarding everything concerning Marcia and Greg's age, I agree 100 percent with you.

[Mark Mallard]

Originally Posted by janet42

In the last season, I think, Cindy was the same age as Peter was in the first season and Bobby was a year older.

When the show started, Greg was in eighth grade and at that time the Junior High only went up to the eighth grade and he started Freshmen year in high school the following year. A couple years the later the Junior High started to go up to the ninth grade which Marcia and Peter did. So I think Marcia was only a year younger that Greg but had to do ninth grade in Junior high instead of Freshman in high school

This can't be possible though, because in the episode "Today I Am a Freshman", Marcia complains about having to go to a new school (Westdale) and leave all her friends behind because of the zoning. This means that she was getting out of the junior high and going to the high school, because if you'll recall from the episode, she is in the same school as Greg, who in that season, should be a Junior, and is, as evidenced by the episode "Room at the Top", when he tells Hank Carter that he'll be "moving out next year anyways."

[Neutronman67]

I thought greg brady was 20 years old by the last season of the brady bunch