teaching staff marital status & only children

[Zarleycat at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 13071

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Doreen" <nera at r...> wrote:
> I was wondering about the fact that all of the teaching staff of 
Hogwarts are all single, apparently childless. 
> 
> Also, aren't most of the wizard families mentioned so far on the 
small side of only one or two children? There seem to be a lot 
of "only child" characters in the books.

The thought about the teaching staff occurred to me, too.  I 
considered that it's possible that we're not given many details about 
the teachers' private lives because it may have no bearing on the 
stories.  Plus, since the stories are told mainly from Harry's 
viewpoint, maybe these details are omitted because they're not 
something that Harry is curious about.  

On the other hand, we see no evidence of spouses at meals or 
celebrations, so perhaps, sadly, none of these people are attached.  
For that matter, the only couples we have seen regularly are the 
Dursleys and the Weasleys. Is this more evidence of the number of 
people who died during Voldemort's first rise to power?

Marianne