Assuming a K-5, 6-8, 9-12 school district (which seems likely since we never see Sarah + Henry and Charlie + Lorraine in the same school shot):
Nora: 22
Charlie: 17
Lorraine: 16
Henry: 12
Sarah: 11
Jake: 10
Mark: 9
Kim + Jessica: 8
Mike: 6
Kyle + Nigel: 5
There're a bunch of clues in the film that pretty much pin down the ages. They say Nora is 22. Charlie is looking at college scholarships, so he's probably going into senior year, 17 . Lorraine graduates at the beginning of the sequel, 2 years later, so she's 16. Kyle + Nigel are in kindergarten, so 5.
The 4 middle kids were born in consecutive years (mentioned in the voice over in the beginning). But only Jake -> Mike were shown in the elementary school scenes, so that pins Jake at 10. (This is also consistent with Henry being in the high school band at the beginning of the sequel.) We don't know about the girl twins for sure, but since they were planned, it makes sense that they were only a year after Mark, with a gap before Mike. Then since Tom got a vasectomy after Mike and the boy twins were conceived two weeks later, that puts Mike at 6.
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amelia957
14 years ago
I think yours are pretty accurate at the start, not so much towards the end, have a look at Mike, no way that kid is meant to look 6.
Personally I would say
Nora: 22
Charlie: 17
Lorraine: 16
Henry: 13
Sarah: 12
Jake: 11
Mark: 10
Kim + Jessica: 8-9
Mike: 8
Kyle + Nigel: 5
I'm not sure how elementary/primary school works in the US, here we finish primary school at 12, but I thought in America it was 11
considering Mike was more or less an 'accident' (terrible choice of words, I know) theres nothing stopping him from being less than a year younger Jessica and Kim, I'm just pretty sure he's not 6.
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