MMWP dates revisited (was casting suggestion)

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Jim wrote:
>Sirius *is* young (35 tops)

35 tops?  If we're talking end of PoA, that would make James just 
about 21 when Harry was born, if James and Sirius are exactly the same 
age.

Because Voldemort was 16 (and Dumbledore wasn't yet headmaster) about 
50 years ago, there is an upper limit to the ages of MWPP/Lily/Snape. 
 But that upper limit is close to 60.  We always have to remember that 
wizards don't age at the same rate as Muggles.  Dumbledore had auburn 
hair at age 100.  

James and Lily seem to have gotten married shortly after leaving 
Hogwarts, according to Hagrid in PS.  But we have a lot more leeway in 
deciding how long they were married before Harry was born.  A wizard 
couple could have their first child at age 50, why not?

A possible timeline, if Harry was born in 1980:

1940 Tom Riddle opens the Chamber of Secrets (age 16)

**anywhere from mid-1940's (AD has become headmaster) to late 1970's** 
MWPP, Lily and Snape are at Hogwarts.  I.e. they were born no earlier 
than 1935 (graduate Hogwarts 1952), no later than 1962 (graduate 
Hogwarts 1979).

1970 V comes to power, is about 46

1981 Potters killed, V falls from power

1991 PS begins

1994 end of PoA: Lupin, Pettigrew, Sirius and Snape are as young as 
32, as old as 59.

I tend to think MWPP etc. would be in their early 40's when the books 
begin, but that may be just because that's how about old my parents 
were when I was 11.

Did I miss something?  Are we ever told, e.g., whether V was already 
in power when the Marauders were in school?

Amy Z

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