Weasley family ages

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No: HPFGUIDX 42243

As regards the ages of the Weasley family - it is confusing - to 
throw another spanner int he works, in GoF, when Mrs Weasley and bill 
come to support Harry, Bill says he hasn't seen the place for 5 years 
(I might be wrong on that exact figure,a s I don't ahve the book to 
hand, but it's something like that), which makes far more sense, as 
this would place the ages like this (at GoF timing) - ginny 13, Ron 
14, twins 16, Percy 18 and Bill 22, so Charlie presumably 20.  This 
does leave the problem of Gryffindor not having one the cup for 7 
yeas since Charlie was seeker - if Charlie's 20 when Ron's 14, then 
he was 17 when Ron started at Hogwarts - making him 10 seven years 
previously when the cup was won...indeed confusing.  
Also, I always been surprised that Charlie woudl be seeker, as he's 
described as being built like the twins - rather short and stocky - 
not ideal for a seeker.

Oh well - I do feel a bit bad nit-picking timelines as I'm sure JKR 
couldn't help but throw some things in that didn't make total sense 
later!  I know she has a total story plan, but I guess she'd've had 
tor eally go through everything with an extremely fine toothcomb to 
ensure that everything's chronologically correct...we forgive her!

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