<Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Jimmy Mosby (cousin) Stacy (cousin) Charity (cousin once removed, via Stacy) Unnamed cousins once removed </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nationality </Th> <Td> American </Td> </Tr> <P> Theodore Evelyn Mosby is a fictional character and the main protagonist in the U.S. television sitcom How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Josh Radnor . Ted also serves as the show's narrator from the future, voiced by Bob Saget, as he tells his children the "long version" of how he met their mother . </P> <P> Ted is the central character of the show . Born April 25, 1978, he is from Shaker Heights, Ohio (like show creator Carter Bays), a graduate of Wesleyan University (like Bays and show co-creator Craig Thomas), an Eagle Scout, and an architect . After his best friend, Marshall Eriksen, gets engaged in the pilot episode, Ted decides to try to find his soulmate . This quest informs the general direction of the show, along with Ted's relationship with the other main characters Marshall Eriksen (Jason Segel), Lily Aldrin (Alyson Hannigan), Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders), and Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris). </P>

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