Here's how the real ages of the 'Outlander' season 7 cast compare to their characters

"Outlander" season seven begins June 16.Starz

• "Outlander" season seven takes place predominantly in 1776, more than 30 years after season one.
• Jamie and Claire are supposed to be nearing 60 years old, but the actors are over a decade younger.

"Outlander" is returning to Starz for its much-anticipated seventh season on Friday.

Since it began in 2014, the romance drama has been roughly adapting one book per season. However, since season six was shortened because of the coronavirus pandemic, season seven actually covers some events from Diana Gabaldon's sixth "Outlander" installment, "A Breath of Snow and Ashes," as well as the events of the seventh, "An Echo in the Bone."

Both the end of the sixth book and the majority of the seventh book cover the year 1776 (although there is more time travel involved, bringing some of the characters back into a 20th-century timeline).

If you're a little confused about how old Jamie, Claire, and the rest of the show's characters are supposed to be, keep reading as we reveal their ages — as well as how the ages of the actors portraying them compare.