The Grey Lady/Marriage/Connection to Dumbledore?

[poco214]

No: HPFGUIDX 37591

Being new to the list, I'm not sure if this has been proposed before, but here goes:

Finwitch writes:
>Well - I believe Albus Dumbledore *was* married, but his wife's been 
>long dead. (Supposedly she used to knit wollen, grey socks for him 
>Muggle Way - Love by every loop. AD would miss that, I'm sure). 

Could the Grey Lady be Dumbledore's "long dead" wife? 
(grey socks? ^_^)

Petra writes:
>The Grey Lady's costume is definitely not of the time period befitting a woman >who could have given birth to Tom Riddle, Jr. near the beginning of the 
>last century.  And no, being killed while attending a costume ball 
>doesn't do it for me.  :) Her numerous appearances in the film only 
>support the probability that this is a character who may have a more 
>pivotal role in the books to come than the one she's played so far

She might not have been old enough to be Tom's mother but her costume may fit just the right time period.  If SS/PS takes place in 1991 and Dumbledore is 150 years old, he was born circa 1841.  He may have married as early as age 20, making the wedding sometime in 1860.  However, I don't know much about period dress of the 1800's.  If the costume suggests an earlier time period, could she be his mother?

I'm not sure about my theory because Dumbledore has very limited contact with the Grey Lady, making the possibility slim that they were closely involved.  Just decided to throw the idea out there. ^_^  

ameko




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