Modern Family Timeline (2024)

Timeline of events before and during the events of Modern Family.

1920s[]

1925-1926[]

• Jay's father is born.

1926-1927[]

• Walt Kleezak is born.

1930s[]

1933[]

• Frank Dunphy is born.

1940s[]

1947[]

• May 12: Jay is born ("Hawaii")

1949[]

• Jay's brother, Donnie is born.

1960s[]

1967[]

• April 3: Phil is born.

1968[]

• Jay and DeDe get married.

1970s[]

Between 1970 and 1971[]

• Pepper Saltzman is born.

Between 1970 and 1972[]

• Claire is born.

Between 1971 and 1973[]

• Gloria is born.
• It should be noted that Claire says that Gloria is 14 months younger than Claire in Season 3 Episode 8.

1972[]

• February 29: Cameron Tucker is born.

1976[]

• Mitchell is born on February 28.

1980s[]

1980[]

• Jay and Earl Chambers form their closet company Closet fornia.

1984[]

• Jay comes to work one day to find Earl Chambers's desk cleared out. He betrayed Jay and badmouthed him to half their Rolodex and Jay has to start all over. Earl and Jay go on to have their own closet companies, Closets, Closets, Closets, Closets! and Pritchett's Closets & Blinds, respectively.

1989[]

• May: Jay's father dies at the age of 63.

1990s[]

1993[]

• March: Claire becomes pregnant with Haley.
• November 30: Phil and Claire get married.
• December 10: Haley is born. ("Haley's 21st Birthday")

1995[]

• Gloria and Javier Delgado get married.

1996/97/98[]

• January 14/15: Alex is born on a Sunday. ("Under Pressure")

Note: Some conflicting information on the Internet and from the series itself.

1999[]

• January 19: Manny is born.

2000s[]

2000

* Luke is Born on Tuesday November 28.

2003[]

• Jay and DeDe get divorced.
• Luke was dropped on his head by Jay. When this happens is never mentioned, but Jay said he did drop him in Season 5’s Australia episode.

2005[]

• Javier takes Manny to the Petting Zoo which actually turns to be the name of a stripper club.

2006[]

• Gloria and Javier get divorced.

2007[]

• Jay's old friend, the judge, dies.

2008[]

• February 19: Lily is born.

2009[]

• February/March: Jay and Gloria get married.
• September: Mitchell and Cameron adopt Lily from Vietnam and introduce her to the family
• November 25/28: Luke celebrates his 11th birthday party, but chaos soon ensues and Luke ends up breaking his arm. ("Fizbo")
• Off-Camera The Modern Family Celebrates Haley's Sweet 16 in A Cheap Way at Her own House on Thursday December 10.

2010s[]

2010[]

• Haley obtains her driver's license.
• May 12: Jay celebrates his 63rd birthday in Hawaii, with the Dunphys and the Tucker-Pritchetts.

2011[]

• Mrs. Ko dies.
• February: Haley and Dylan get back together on Valentine's Day.
• September: Haley and Dylan break up again.

2012[]

• April: Walt Kleezak dies.
• May: Haley and Dylan get back together at Disneyland
• Haley graduates from high school.
• Haley goes to college.
• November 7: Haley gets arrested for underage drinking, resisting arrest and accidental assault of a police officer and is kicked out of college.

2013[]

• January 20: Joe is born.
• Joe's christening takes place.
• May: Grace Dunphy, Phil's mother dies.
• November: Gloria Pritchett Welcomes Andy Bailey as Joe’s new ‘manny’ (Male nanny, not a replacement for Manny the character.)

2014[]

• January 15: Alex's 16th birthday. ("Under Pressure")
• May: Mitchell and Cameron get married on the 25th anniversary day of Jay's father's death.
• October: The Dunphy family meet their new neighbors, the LaFontaine Family, and begin a rivalry/friendship.
• November: Haley Gets A Job at Gavin Sinclair, The Fashion Experts.
• December 10: Haley celebrates her 21st birthday and gets a car, which is something she has always wanted.

2015[]

* January 7: The Dunphy Family & Manny Delgado Pritchett almost die, and recover from this scare. Phil saves them all by swerving their minivan out of the way of a truck. Nobody is hurt, and they are all safe. They all react in different ways however.

* February 25: Claire and the rest of the family are all worried and panicked (Phil and Claire are the most scared, the rest don’t seem to care as much) about Haley’s ‘disappearance’. This leads to Claire needing to face time everyone, as she is at O’Hare airport, not at home. They eventually figure out that she was just asleep, coming out of her room in the basem*nt at the end of the episode.

* April: The Dunphy family's rivalry with the LaFontaine family ends (They do still have their tussles, though)

* May: Alex's academic rivalry with Sanjay Patel ends and they kiss and begin dating.

• May: Alex graduates from high school.
• May: Andy proposes to Beth and she accepts, thus, they become engaged.
• June: Haley and Dylan meet up at the mall when Phil calls him over; much to Claire's disappointment, and they make a coffee date after this they get back together.
• October: Alex goes off to college after deciding to leave a day early.
• October: Sanjay breaks up with Alex following her leaving to College. He went to a different college, so they would have to do long distance, which they knew wouldn’t work out very well.
• December 9: The Family Goes Out of L.A., CA for A ‘White Christmas’ (“I wanted a White Christmas, you know, like white people have!” -Gloria) Family Vacation and Haley & Andy are secretly having sex without anyone’s knowledge. Everyone catches them, except Gloria, who actually called over Beth (Andy’s Girlfriend) to visit. Andy admits to cheating on her, and Beth admits to cheating on Andy, twice with two different people.

2016

* January: Uncle Mitchell has his birthday, and he surprises Haley, Alex and Luke with his ‘Fun Day pass’ they gave him. Haley forgot that he told her that he was expecting his fun day. They end up going to Barbra Streisand’s house (with the help of another celebrity, Ray.)

* May-June: Haley & Andy break up and Haley kisses him Goodbye as he leaves for Salt Lake City, UT and She runs off upset. The Dunphy Family Goes to New York, while Jay, Gloria and Manny Goes to Columbia, and The Tucker-Pritchetts go to Missouri for the summer. This concludes Season 7 and starts Season 8.

* September-October: Haley Tried to Public Relations and eventually to The TV News Station KJQS-TV 12 (unlike KCOY-TV CBS 12 & KEYT 3 ABC and KABC-TV ABC DISNEY 7) Meet Weatherman Rainer Shine and Cosmetic Girl after She Got Fired From Gavin Sinclair The Fashion Experts for her Bang Ups & Hang Ups & Screw-Ups has been disruptive by her oversensitive family strict instructions and taking Alex back to College. .

2018[]

• March: Luke Wants Peace to His Family being turned down on College and paid $2000 in parking tickets and he talks to His Parents about Haley's OVERPROTECTIVE Tactics is hard. Unfair and Miserable and Neglectful.
• September: Haley's Choice is DYLAN MARSHALL and Dr. Arvin Freeman will leave home.
• October 31: DeDe Pritchett Passes Away in her sleep over Halloween.
• November 7: Haley's Pregnant with Dylan at The Famed Cedars-Sinai Hospital.
• December 10-17: Haley's 25th and Dylan's 27th Birthdays respectively at the restaurant and warns Uncle Cam to know Mother Claire's Strict Order to secretively behave harshly due to her unknown stubbornness and serious EXISTING Beliefs over good health and decent Responsibilities as both discipline mother & angry liberal as She's Entitled To and her Mother Claire Dunphy finally getting excited in a normal positively way as Haley's Better Announcement of Having A Baby with Dylan is real exciting news and no fake her & his future mother-in-law CLAIRE and THE MODERN FAMILY happy at last.

2019[]

• January: The Dunphys and Mr./Dr. Marshall moves to The Apartment and the argument for overgoing the doctor's office to do the results of Twins.
• February: THE FAMILY CELEBRATES SUPERBABYSHOWERBOWL AND LILY GOT PUNISH FOR BEFRIENDING THE MANGLER.
• April 10: Haley & Dylan get married instead of eloping are now the present 4th Married Couple OF MODERN FAMILY are Dr. & Mrs. Marshall finally has an change of heart.
• May 8: Haley & Dylan Marshall welcome the twins "Paula 'Poppy"" & George Marshall to Modern Family.¹1