[HPforGrownups] Burning (no, not a pun) Weasley Questions (kinda long)

[Tanith]

No: HPFGUIDX 10837

At 11:33 PM 1/25/01, you wrote:
>(Note: I added the 'non-pun' thing since fire/flaming/burning is
>usually associated with Weasley... just realized as I typed it. Also,
>all quotes are the main idea, not the actual, verbatim, in-the-book
>quote.)

;) Not to mention the witch burning reference.


>MG'S BURNING WEASLEY QUESTIONS: If anyone can help/answer, I'd love
>it... these are questions I've been wondering about forever...
>
>1. Is Charlie verifiably the younger of the notorious Bill and
>Charlie? Because, if Bill were the younger of the two eldest
>Weasleys,
>a lot more things would make sense in canon, such as:
>
>      a) Bill's "I haven't seen this place in five years" in GoF.
>Besides the Triwizard Tournament, I don't recall any real reason to
>return to Hogwarts after graduation except to become a professor.

He could have returned to watch Charlie in a Quidditch match, Or for 
Charlie's graduation!

>      b) Ginny's "I've been looking forward to coming... since Bill
>came" in CoS. IF Bill had graduated five years before GoF (by my
>math,
>feel free to correct me, please!), that would make Ginny around 8
>years old when Bill graduates Hogwarts-- old enough to remember his
>attending.

Could be that her first memory of Hogwarts is Bill visiting for a quidditch 
match and telling her all about it?


>      c) The difference in age of the Weasley kids. By my math...
>(once
>again, IF Bill graduated 5 years before GoF) Charlie would be 5 years
>older than Bill, Bill 4 years older than Percy, and so on.

Well we know for a fact that by the fourth book:
Ginny is 13
Ron is 14
Fred & George are 16
Percy is 18

In PoA chapter 1 the article in the Daily Prophet quotes Arthur as saying 
Bill is the eldest son.

There are quite a few questions about the ages of Arthur and Molly though 
(or at least Molly) In GoF she is curious about the whomping willow since 
it planted after she left school. Which means that she left before James 
and Lilly attended Hogwarts [PoA]. She also fondly recalls the gamekeeper 
Ogg which would mean she attended Hogwarts before Hagrid was expelled [CoS] 
which was more than 50 years ago [CoS].

Given the life span of wizards, Molly could be considerably older than we 
think and there could be quite a large age gap between Bill and Charlie...

Just some thoughts ;) I'm just as confuzzled as you!


Tanith

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