The part I want to be careful with is trying to turn all of this into one perfectly lined-up timeline across every version of Wolfenstein and DOOM.

The part I want to be careful with is trying to turn all of this into one perfectly lined-up timeline across every version of Wolfenstein and DOOM. The original developers confirmed the family connection. The games also have direct references to each other. I'm comfortable saying both of those things. But when we start talking about every detail of the newer Wolfenstein games fitting into every detail of the newer DOOM games, that's a much bigger claim. I haven't found confirmation that all of those stories are supposed to fit together that neatly, and I don't want to turn an Easter egg into a whole explanation the developers never gave us. For me, the family connection and the history between these games are already interesting enough. I loved playing both series, and finding out how their characters connect gives me one more thing to appreciate about them.