Ross's age is inconsistent throughout the series. In the first episode The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate (1994), Ross says he is 26, implying he was born in 1967. In episode 3.13 The One Where Monica and Richard Are Just Friends (1997), he says he is 29. In the next season however, in episode 4.9 The One Where They're Going to Party! (1997), he again says he's 29, implying he was born in 1968. Furthermore, in episode 5.4, The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS (1998), he says he is about to get divorced again before he's thirty, implying he is still 29 and born in 1969. Also, in episode 8.4 The One with the Videotape (2001), he claims that he backpacked across Europe in 1983 then whispers to himself "I was thirteen?" implying he was born in 1969 or 1970.