married staff

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No: HPFGUIDX 24421

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at b...> wrote:
> Hey...
> 
> I have missed a few messages here and there, so if this has already 
> been brought up, I apologize.
> 
> This is from the Comic Relief chat:
> 
> Sheila McCleary - Have any of the Hogwarts professors had spouses? 
> JKR - Good question - yes, a few of them but that information is 
sort 
> of restricted - you'll find out why. 
> 
> 
> We can draw from that not only that some are married (and if we can 
> determine who wasn't at dinner in PA, we may be able to guess who 
> went home to families...), but also that there is some sort of 
> mystery surrounding that fact. The only thing I can think of off the 
> top of my head is that it's some sort of legacy of the Voldemort 
era, 
> when the families of Hogwarts staff would be vulnerable and probably 
> singled out for attack. Can anyone think of a more likely reason?
> 
> Steve Vander Ark
> The Harry Potter Lexicon
> http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon

Hi! Is it significant that the questions is whether they "had" 
spouses? This could mean that one (or more) of the staff had a 
spouse(s) that was killed by Voldemort. Thinking of Dumbledore having 
a wife that was killed breaks my heart. I love that old codger. 
Remember his sock comment about the mirror of Erised...that way Harry 
thought he just might be lying? (sniff...). Any other speculation on 
which prof. might have found the dark mark over their house?

Cheers,
-Cornflower O'Shea

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