

How old were Edward and Alphonse when they performed human transmutation? I am
referring to the Brotherhood series, not the 2003 version.


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How old were Ed and Al when they performed the human transmutation?


Brotherhood more or less follows the manga. I don't remember if we get a
montage of events in the brothers' childhoods with their ages (a quick search
through volume 6 doesn't give me anything), but we _do_ see Mustang arrive at
Resembool presumably shortly after their human transmutation attempt, so we
can get some information from there.

![Chapter 24 - Fullmetal Alchemist](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NnCy0.png)

So Edward is at most 11, and Alphonse 10, when human transmutation is
attempted. This matches up more or less with the ages I remember possibly
having seen from 2003 and Brotherhood. (Keep in mind that some chronology -
such as the death of Winry's parents - might have occurred at a different
point in the manga continuity compared to that of 2003, and that there is the
additional half year before Ed takes the State Alchemist exams.)


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In Episode 2, the past was shown which was **10 years ago**.

**Let's start when his mother was still alive**.

Edward was 7 years old and Al was 6 years old.

**Research and training** (4 years)

When their mother died, Edward and Al agreed to revive their mother again by
using the taboo which is the human transmutation, but before that, they
searched about the human transmutation and improved their alchemy by training
with the alchemy master in order to revive their mother...it took many years.
After the training, they've completed the ingredients and performed the human
transmutation.

_Then that dark incident happens..._

It took **4 years** of preparation and then their bodies were the
sacrificed...

**When Edward became a state alchemist / test part** (1 year)

After that _"dark incident"_ , Roy Mustang came to their town hearing that
there is a talented alchemist which is referred to as Edward (knowing what
Edward have done), then he offered Edward to become a state alchemist and told
him about the Philosopher Stone that could bring back their body, which Edward
grabs that.

Edward had his surgery and rehab which took only _one year_.

_He was twelve years old then, and Al was 11 years old._

To shorten my answer, Edward Elric was 11 years old and Al Elric was 10 years
old when they've done the human transmutation. (Refer to Brotherhood series;
his present is 17 years old in Episode 2.)


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In part 1, episode 6, Alphonse says that he is 14 and Edward is 15.


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Ed was born in 1899 Al was born in 1900 Trisha died when in 1904 at the age of
26 So Ed and Al were 5 and 4 respectfully when Trisha died So if Ed was made a
state alchemist at the age of 12, he had to be fitted with his automail, which
supposedly takes at least 7 months to fully atune to. So when Ed and Al
preform the human transmutation, Ed had to be 11 or at least early 12 years
old, while Al would be 9 or 10.


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