[HPforGrownups] Re: Ages?

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 7939

Hi --

Emerald7586 at aol.com wrote:

> I was just rereading SS and on the second page it says "Mrs. Potter
> was Mrs. Dursley's sister, but they hadn't met for several years..."
> This means that if we assume the last time Petunia had seen Lily was
> before Petunia was married and Lily was still a minor and living at
> their parents house Lily probably did get married young and have
> Harry since she would have had to do that in the space of several
> years.

But, we don't know which sister was older or younger, do we?  Lily might
have been older.  I just think they hadn't seen each other in several
years, and it doesn't seem important to me to try & figure out whether
Lily was still at school the last time they saw each other since we
don't know the sibling order.

> The Dursleys had never seen Harry either, so he was probably
> born within the space of those few years.

Well, definitely.  Harry was born 31 July 1981 (under most accepted
timelines) and Dudley was born in May or thereabouts of the same year.
So, Dudley & Harry are pretty much the same age.

Penny


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