J/L ages

[Anne]

Thanks, Heidi. I am inclined to think that Snape might have been 35-
36 (and by extension, Sirius and Remus too) during PS/SS, rather than 
later. I think so because in "Career Advice" in OotP, McGonagall told 
Harry it would take him "at least three years" additional study 
beyond Hogwarts to become an Auror. So, if James and Lily were both 
Aurors and left school in the same year, they would have studied at 
least three more years before being certified as Aurors, and they 
were probably Aurors for at least a year before Harry was born, 
wouldn't you think? (Might've been hard to do Auroring while 8 months 
pregnant, I'd think). Anyway - I'd agree they were probably born 
sometime between 1955 and 1959 at the latest. If born in 1955, they 
would be the same age as Lucius Malfoy (IIRC the Daily Prophet listed 
Lucius' age as 41 as of June 1996).

Anne U
(PS it was nice to see your photo on The Leaky Cauldron!)

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Heidi Tandy" <heidit at n...> 
wrote:
> JKR said in an online chat that we can probabky find using quick 
quotes 
> that snape was 35 or 36, although she never said what book he was 
that 
> age during - could be ps/ss, could be GoF.
> 
> So unless she's since changed her mind, if you accept interviews as 
> canon, they were born in either the early 60s or late 50s.
> 
> Heidi
> 
> 
> On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:30PM -0500, Anne wrote:
> I do have a
> > canon question but I'm not sure I'm prepared to ask it on the main
> > list... I'm wondering if the Marauders and Lily were really as 
young
> > as we'd been figuring prior to OotP. Oh well.
> >
>