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Marian Paroo must be at least 26 ("I'd say 26 years too late", and given that the reference is not to her age but to when her first visit to the footbridge should have been, it's much more likely 30-35. Now, we don't know the exact ages of anyone in this flick, but we do know the ages of the actors: Shirley Jones was 28, Ronnie Howard 8. Nope, I've damned sure never heard of anyone having a baby at or before age 20. All that said, this is not the usual case of laughing at such speculation about fictional characters; they aren't exactly fictional. Meredith clearly and OPENLY based this story on his own childhood. He had a much older sister, so I don't know how it can be inferred that he based the Winthrop/Marian relationship on his with the mother ... but I've been to the museum and while I don't want to be hung for being a year or two off I BELIEVE the age difference was on the order pf 12 years. So, no, the real-life versions of Marian and Winthrop Paroo were not mother/son. That said, in fictional world, whether Marian had a baby or not does NOT answer questions about her relationship with Miser Madison. It wasn't uncle/niece just because Marian SAID it was uncle/niece.