[HPforGrownups] Re: Lucius vs. Arthur

[Megan Carlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 44687

Jodel says:

>>Until we get some clearer statement on the age of the two oldest Weasley 
brothers it will be difficult to set any solid anchor points in the timeline, 
however.<<


For the sake of an RPG I'm involved in, we sat down and figured out the Weasleys' ages. In SS, they state that it's been 6 years since they won the house cup (since Charlie Weasley was there). So going by that math, we assume (ass u me, I know) that Charlie has been gone from Hogwarts for that 6 years. If he's anything like Oliver, he'd have probably started off on the team second or third year and played all the way until he graduated. So if Ron is 11 in his first years, 6 years before, he would have been 5 when Charlie graduated from Hogwarts. If Charlie was 17-18 when he graduated (as the timeline seems to be going...11/first year, 12/second year, etc) that makes him 12-13 years older than Ron. 

Now I don't know if Bill is older (I can't remember and don't have my books handy), but if he is than I'd say probably not more than 2-3 years older than Charlie. That just seems more likely, after reading GoF and seeing how the different parts of the siblings act toward each other. So lets say for speculation's sake that Bill is 2 years older than Charlie. That would make him 14-15 years older than Ron. If we assume 9 months for a pregnancy, and we also assume that Molly and Arthur were married when she got pregnant then I'm going to round off and put us at 16 years from her getting pregnant from Bill to Ron. That would make Bill 28-29 at the events of GoF (if Ron is 14, which I seem to remember he was or was turning). If we say Molly got married and pregnant with Bill within one year of graduating then she was probably 18-19 at the time. So if we add Bill's age (plus 9 months for pregnancy) to that we get 46-47, maybe as old as 48. 

Of course all of this assumes that Molly was (A) in the same year as Arthur and (B) got married/pregnant right after graduating from Hogwarts. But of course, if we get more information we can shift the equation to make it correct. Wow I have too much time on my hands. Hehe.

Idly,
Megan


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