Expert: Carmen Curtis - 6/12/2007

Question
Hi Carmen! I was wondering if you knew when Brenda and Brandon's birthday is? All I can figure out is that they were probably born in '74. In one episode it's revealed that Brenda is a Scorpio then in season three their dad says they'll be 18 in the summer? I've only seen 4 Seasons on reruns so maybe their actual birthday is mentioned in later seasons.

Answer
Hi Kaelyn,
This is a good question. 90210 seems notorious for switching birthdays to accomodate the storyline (like Kelly's 18th birthday her senior year is in May, while when she turns 21 it's in September). They seem consistent in that Brenda and Brandon are both Scorpios, meaning that their birthdays are sometime in October or November. The actual day and year was never specified. At the start of the series, Brenda & Brandon are both 16 (Brenda tells her older boyfriend that and Brandon can drive). This suggests that she would turn 17 by the end of that season and be 18 by the end of season 2. But at the end of season 2, Brenda is still 17 when she gets stuck at the Mexican border with Dylan. At the end of season 3 when Steve makes the $10,000 basket, the dad says they will be 18. When Brenda gets mixed up with the animal rights crowd, she is 19. So my best guess is that they started the series having the twins born in 1974 so they would be old enough to drive, but later decided to make them born in 1975 so that they would graduate high school at 18 in 1993.
Hope this helps and isn't too confusing!
Carmen