WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for How I Met Your Father season 2, episode 2!Future Sophie lies about her age in How I Met Your Mother. While HIMYM only depicted Ted’s teenage children in the year 2030, How I Met Your Father only shows Future Sophie in the year 2050. Additionally, How I Met Your Father begins with a larger gap between present-day Sophie and her 2050 counterpart, as the story begins in 2022 and ends in 2050. On the other hand, Ted’s story had a 25-year gap between 2005 and 2030.
While Future Ted never explicitly disclosed his age in How I Met Your Mother's narration, the spinoff series includes a joke in which Kim Cattrall's Future Sophie lies about how old she is to her son. Sophie mentions that she decided to quit lying “last year when [she] turned 40,” which is impossible considering she turned 30 in How I Met Your Father season 1. Sophie’s real age is quite a bit older in How I Met Your Father’s future timeline, which also differs from the age that Future Ted is when telling his story in How I Met Your Mother.
Future Sophie Is Actually 58 Years Old In 2050
Since Sophie turned 30 years old in 2022, How I Met Your Father reveals that she was born in 1992. Not quite 41 as she suggested, this means Future Sophie is actually 58 years old in 2050. Future Sophie’s age compared to her son’s age in 2050 also helps give insight into when her character will get together with the title dad in How I Met Your Father.
Sophie’s son is college-aged in 2050, suggesting he’s between 18 and 22 years old. Therefore, Sophie’s son is likely born between 2028 and 2032, which, if the show receives a longer order, would align with How I Met Your Father season 7 at the earliest. It’s possible that How I Met Your Father will only feature the birth of Sophie’s son in flash-forwards, repeating Penny and Luke’s births in How I Met Your Mother season 9’s flash-forwards. Either way, Sophie likely won’t end up with the title dad until 2026 or 2027 in How I Met Your Father season 5 or 6, when she’s about 34 years old.
HIMYF’s Future Sophie Is Older Than Ted In HIMYM’s Future Timeline
Similar to how Hilary Duff's Sophie in the present-day begins How I Met Your Father’s story at an older age than Ted in HIMYM’s pilot, Future Sophie in 2050 is a few years older than Future Ted in 2030. How I Met Your Mother revealed that Ted was born in 1978, so he was 52 years old when telling Penny and Luke his story in 2030. This also makes sense when considering the difference in ages between Sophie’s son and Ted’s kids when the stories are being told, as the former is over 18 years old while the latter two are only 15 and 13 years old.
In the context of the two sitcoms, Ted would be about 72 years old during How I Met Your Father’s 2050 timeline. Meanwhile, Sophie was 38 when Future Ted told his story in HIMYM’s 2030 timeline. Considering How I Met Your Mother’s finale featured a scene of Future Ted leaving his study to win Robin back in 2030, it’s possible that 72-year-old Ted could appear in How I Met Your Father after Kim Cattrall’s Sophie finishes her story in 2050.