[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape's age

[heidi]

No: HPFGUIDX 3684



mmarth at peoplepc.com wrote:

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> I think of Snape as mid-30's.  Lupin was described as quite young.  I
> tend to think the Potter's married young and had Harry at a young
> age.  Molly would be quite a bit older than Snape.

I've theorized about this before, but I've runthe numbers again - and this
is how it makes sense to me...
If Charlie Weasley started Hogwarts in 1978, then Bill had to've started in
at least 1977 (yes, I know, they could've been the same year, one born in
Sept, one born in August, but someone would've mentioned it by now), and
that would mean that it is *highly likely* that both James & Lily had
graduated by at least 1977- otherwise, wouldn't Bill (or possibly charlie)
have said "Hey, I was a first year when your dad was head boy/seeker/etc",
which means that they had to've been born no later than 1959, (and 21 when
Harry was born) which would make Sirius & Remus (ASSUMING they were the same
year as at least james) no younger than going on 35 in PoA (which I just
nearly wrote as PoU - oops!)