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

[meltowne]

No: HPFGUIDX 75986

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "psychic_serpent" 
<psychic_serpent at y...> wrote:
> > 1968(?) Charlie
> 
> More likely 1966 or 1967 if he finished school in 1985.
> 
> > 1970(?) Bill (Possibly Tonks)
> 
> This is off.  Bill is older than Charlie.  More likely 1964 or 
> 1965.  If Tonks is new at being an Auror in OotP, perhaps with only 
> a year or two of experience, and she took three years to train as 
an 
> Auror (and started training right after Hogwarts) that would make 
> her about 23 at the beginning of OotP, or most likely born in 1972.
> 

I can't find the reference, but I think I recall Ron mentioning that 
Ginny has wanted to attend Hogwarts since Charlie got his letter.  
That would imply that Charlie is less than 10 years older than Ginny -
 but at least 7 years older than Ron , meaning he was born between 
1971 and 1973.  If someone else finds that reference, let me know.  
There's also a reference in GoF from either Charlie or Bill stating 
when they had last been at Hogwarts - don't know if that was as a 
student, or to visit a younger sibling.

Melinda