odd Hobbit ages
I am not sure, but in the appendix of my edition of LOTR, in the Hobbit family trees, some of the age differences seem a little odd. For example: Bilbo was born in 1290, Frodo in 1368, Samwise in 1380, Merry in 1382, and Pippin in 1390. If these are correct, then Merry would be 19, Sam 21, and Pippin 11 at the beginning of the Fellowship.
Does this occur in anyone else's?
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