When to get an heir (and villager kids)

[satioh]

I know a kids skills depends on their parents skill, but when is it counted from? From conspetion? From birth? From 14 whent hey can apprentice or when 18 and an adult?
If it's one of the former 2 I would probably wait a few years lvling up the skills for both myself and my wife before haveing and heir, but if it's one of the latter 2, we might go ahead and produce the heir right now, becosue after 15-19 years we will have lots of skills anyway. Samw question for villagers, shoudl I make them live alone for a while to train their skills before getting them married and produce children?

[TuppenceStick]

Kids skills are determined at the time of birth. They are also incremented by +1 to each skill at ages 2, 7 and 14. They can become apprentices at age 14 and then will gain skill in the skill used by the task they are apprenticed to.

When to have kids for the player is a personal choice, some wait, some do it quick.
Same really with villagers. Once a man and woman are housed together they start to build a relationship and will marry. How fast varies but is linked to age difference. Once married they will have kids reasonably quickly, according to how many beds are available in their home.