[HPforGrownups] Ages

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 56088

Lots of discussion has been made about Hermione's age and just when a person gets to enter Hogwarts.  It just made me think about the whole thing, and I remembered the bit in GoF about who turned 17 when.  Fred and George are in their sixth year in GoF.  They do not turn seventeen until April.  Another person (Angelina?) said that she could enter because she had just had her 17th birthday.  So it would appear that sixth year students have their 17th birthday sometime during the year.  Tracing that backwards, using that logic, students would be expected to turn 12 during their first year of Hogwarts.  However, as far as we know, they turn 11 that year.  Just another thing to throw into this discussion.

Kelly Grosskreutz
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