Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181208003742/@comment-4010415-20181213032443

BlizzardDragon wrote: It occurs to me now that Maria might be younger than she looks.

Assuming Qrow had already been born before the Grimm Reaper went into hiding and learned of her while he was kid (such as 5 years old), along with the fact Maria seems to be, at oldest, late-20's to early-30's when she lost her eyes, and that Qrow is, at oldest, 40 thanks to the confirmed ages of Beacon Graduates (21) along with Yang's approximate age (18-19), then Maria is probably only '65 years old. 'Does she really look 65 to anyone? She looks like she's in her 80's!

So either she got short very early, or Merry can't do math. You know the trope.