how old was ed gein when he met adeline

Ed Gein was born on August 27, 1906. Adeline Watkins claimed in a 1957 interview that she and Ed Gein had been in a romantic relationship for about 20 years. If we consider that they met around 20 years before 1957, that would place their meeting around 1937. Ed Gein would have been about 31 years old when he met Adeline Watkins. Thus, Ed Gein was approximately 31 years old when he met Adeline.