3sistersAge (was:/Luna:likeDD/Salazar/SecretKeeper/Bode/Lit/Flat/b-beer)

[bibphile]

No: HPFGUIDX 76437

>> Ariadne Majic wrote in 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/75495 :
I believe in genealogy tables, children are listed left to right 
by oldest to youngest. Andromeda's burn mark on the tapestry was 
between Bellatrix and Narcissa. It says, "He (Sirius) pointed to a 
small burn mark between two names, Bellatrix and Narcissa." Assuming 
Sirius was reading left to right, then Bellatrix would be the 
oldest. 
>

> Catlady:
I don't think Andromeda *can* be younger than Bellatrix. Because 
Bellatrix is in the same year at Hogwarts as Snape, MWPP, and Lily, 
who were born 1957-60 and therefore were 23 to 19 years old when 
Harry was born in 1980. Andromeda is Tonks's mother and Tonks is 6 
to 8  years older than Harry (because she had finished sixth and 
seventh year at Hogwarts and four years of Auror training when Harry 
hadn't started fifth year yet). So if Andromeda were the same age as 
 Bellatrix (let alone younger!) she would have been like 14 years 
old when Tonks was born.

The Black family tapestry might list children in the opposite 
sequence that Muggles do (it would hate to do the same as Muggles!) 
so that Narcissa is oldest, then Andromeda, then Bellatrix ... would 
that make Narcissa older than Lucius?
>

me (bibphile):

I don't think the tapestry is done opposite muggles.  If it were, I 
think JKR would give us some hit of that.

Here's my theory.

Bellatrix is 3 years older than Snape.  This would put her between 
Lucius and Snape in age.  It would work even better if Rudophus were 
a year younger than Bellatrix.  That ways Snape could really be 
haging out with Rudophus and be haging out with Bellatrix bt 
association.  (2 years is no big deal even in school, but I'm not 
sure about three.)

Andromeda is just a year younger than Bellatrix. She hated her 
family like Sirius and wanted to get away from them.  This would be 
especially true after she fell in love with muggle-born Ted Tonks.  
She quit school after O.W.L.s.  (We know it's done occassionally.  
The twins did it.)  She married Ted and had Tonks 9-14 months 
later.  This would work better if Ted were two years older than 
Andromeda and had taken his NEWTs, but could work if he left after 
OWLS.

Narcissa is 1-5 years younger than Andromeda.

bibphile