Charlie Weasley's age

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No: HPFGUIDX 76431

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "scoutmom21113" 
<navarro198 at h...> wrote:
> McGonagall says "out of the running" not "we haven't 
won."  Would a 2nd place finish be considered in the running?) 
>

I think so.  After all, there are only four places.  Besides, every 
time I've heard the phrase "out of the runmimg, it meant "having no 
chance of winning."

scoutmom :
> 2. Charlie would have graduated before Fred and George started at 
> Hogwarts.  Considering Ron would have been only 4 when Charlie 
> graduated, and Fred and George would have been 6, the most likely 
> way the twins would have been "in training" is if they were on a 
> Quidditch Little League team, I there is such a thing.  Maybe Ron 
> meant that Charlie was in training and mis-spoke by including Fred 
> and George.  (Has anyone noticed that no one says George and Fred?)
> 3. Bill was at Hogwarts when Ginny was born.

The twins probably were practicing for quidditch by age six.  Wasn't 
Ron five (and the twins 7) when Fred used his pet as a bludger?  I 
could be mistaken though.  I figure Charlie wanted to play and let 
the little brothers play to.  Bad (inexperienced) beaters were 
better than no beaters.  Besides, you can't get rid of the little 
kids anyway.

I think nobody says "George and Fres" because Fred is older.  I'm a 
twin and my sister's name is always mentioned first because she's 
older and everyone is used to saying her name first.  I know two 
other sets of twins and in both cases I think the olderest is 
usually mentioned first.

 scoutmom:
> MORE QUESTIONS:
> 1. How old is Bill?

We have no idea how old Bill is except that he's older than Charlie.

scoutmom:
> 2. Given the 2 year differences (1 year for Ginny) between the 
> youngest 7 kids and the big gap between Charlie and Percy, what 
were Molly and Arthur doing during the war?  
>

I have no idea what they were doing, but maybe they didn't want the 
have kids with Voldemort running around.  Charlie would have been 
only 2 when Voldemort came to power (using the 8 year gap).  Then 
they decided not to let fear rule their lives.  Or Percy wasn 
unexpected, but remined them that life keeps moving forward even in 
a time of war.  Or maybe they paid off the burrow a year before 
Percy was born and could afford more kids. Or it could be something 
far more interesting.  I have no idea.

There's also the theory that there were 1 or 2 Weasly kids between 
Charlie and Percy that were killed somehow.  I hope not.

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