Rory is the daughter of Lorelai Gilmore and Christopher Hayden and the older half-sister to Gigi. She is the only granddaughter of Richard and Emily Gilmore. She is considered to be a specially gifted child. At the start of the series, she is a sophomore in high school, and when the series concludes, she is a recent college graduate. Lorelai "Rory" Leigh Gilmore is the only daughter of Lorelai Gilmore and the first born daughter of Christopher Hayden (notably her mother was 16 years old when she became pregnant) . She was born on October 8th, 1984 at 4:03 a.m. Rory shares her mother's taste for many of the same things, such as junk food, donuts from Luke's, coffee, movies and music. However, as stated by her father Christopher, both he and Rory have similar left ear lobes.