Outlander questions: Will Claire be born again?
There are many Outlander questions and theories. Some of these are easily answered and others cause headaches because of the time travel rabbit hole. One of those is about Claire. Can she be born again?
Time travel gets messy. There are always plenty of questions about how one event can have a knock-on effect; how one thing in the past can change the future. One of the biggest Outlander questions because of the time travel rabbit hole is whether Claire will be born again. It’s a question that frequently comes up in Facebook groups.
The good news is she can. Whether Claire dies in the past or goes back to her own time and dies is irrelevant. None of this will affect what happens to the Claire that is born in 1918. Well, as long as she doesn’t mess up her own lineage–as long as she doesn’t prevent her parents from being born.
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I once chatted to The Crossing showrunners and we started talking about time travel and loops. They quickly suggested I didn’t overthink things and start going down the time travel rabbit hole. That’s something you don’t want to do with this series. When you have your Outlander questions, don’t start thinking about all the possibilities to the lineage. Don’t worry about events that haven’t happened yet in any of the timelines.
It’s important to keep 1918 Baby Claire and 1946/1743 Time Traveling Claire separate. Whatever happens to the Time Traveling Claire won’t affect the Baby Claire. So the simple answer is, yes; Claire will be born again in 1918. Something would have to happen to her parents to prevent that from happening.
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