The age of Soldier 76

I read a small incongruity between wikia and gamepedia, so I would like an opinion:

Wikia:

~55
Source: conference at Comic-Con di San diego talking about the photo of Ana Origin. No links

Gamepedia

57-58
Source: narrative voiceline of Junkerstein’s revenge

“Despite his age, the Soldier moved with a speed unmatched by the Archer or the Gunslinger, both 2 decades his junior”

Hanzo: 38
McCree: 37


I would, however, like to express a perplexity on the facts: Reyes was superior to Morrison at the time of the US army, as an officer and that allowed him to be the commander at the birth of Overwatch (a role that was later entrusted to Morrison at the end of the omnic crisis )

In my opinion, Wikia’s statement is more plausible, and according to you?

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Wikia does not cite their sources. Gamepedia does, but that one is not a good source to cite.

I remember the Comic-Con thing, the original source that had it deleted itself (or moved blogs? It was Tumblr). I think it claimed that Jack was 1 year younger than Reyes.

Edit: Here is Hammeh’s video on it, Overwatch Lore News - SDCC Ana Origins Panel Roundup! | Hammeh - YouTube

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What’s confusing about this? Reaper is 58 currently (his age was given as 50 during Retribution, which was 8 years ago), which is older than all those possible ages.

The only confirmed thing we have about Morrison’s age is that he enlisted in the army at 18, and that was before the omnic crisis broke out. So, the youngest he could be is 48 (Omnic crisis started ~30 years ago).

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It’s somewhere between 48 and 58.

A big gap, but realistically, 55-57 seems to be the most reasonable range.

He’s a bit younger than Reyes, if we’re to believe Reyes was more experienced already when Jack joined the army and all interviews/panels that mention hero ages put him a year younger than Reyes.

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