How Old Are Snape/Sirius/Lupin/James/Peter?

[tish]

No: HPFGUIDX 75778

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Buttercup <cathio2002 at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> --- RSFJenny19 at a... wrote:
> 
> > We learned that Lucius Malfoy is 41 in OotP, and JKR
> > said in an interview that 
> > Lupin (or Sirius, whatever, since they were in the
> > same year anyway) was 35 or 
> > 36 in PoA, making them 37 or 38 in OotP...
> 
>I remember reading some where in OOtP that the "gang" took their 
OWLs (snapes memory) 20 years ago.  That would have made James and 
Lily about 20 when they had Harry.  That would make them 35 now.  I 
think we need to think of their ages the same way we do Harry's.  If 
Harry was born in 1980 (as I think the Lexicon states) then even 
though by our calendar he is 23, he is still 15.  The same goes for 
Lupin.  If he was 35 in PoA (which couldn't be if I am right about 
the part in OOP) then he would only be 37 now.

Tish