Wizard Lifespan

[jrober4211]

No: HPFGUIDX 34187

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "finwitch" <finwitch at y...> wrote:
>  
> So um- while aging/growing has benefits, a child grows and learns 
> slightly faster with the help of magic (but, since their powers 
> aren't that great yet, not by much - ending to adulthood at 17).
> Adults, around certain age, don't wish to age physically - and as 
> their powers are greater, they're able to slow physical aging for 
> longer. So - Molly is fertile still at 60-70 etc..


I just have to laugh at this and "sigh"....poor,poor Molly. I don't 
remember reading any canon based text to verify this. If they mention 
the parents' age of the wizard children at all, they are in their 
twenties when they procreate. If this were indeed the case, then the 
population ratio of muggle/wizards would soon be about equal because 
the wizard fecundity would be twice as long, assuming no wizarding 
birth control measures were used and you did not factor in the 
difference in death rates between the two populations.

Jo Ellen