Lily and Petunia-Who is older & Marvolo - faternal or maternal grandfather

[angellslin]

No: HPFGUIDX 76649

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bibphile" <bibphile at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "scoutmom21113" 
> <navarro198 at h...> wrote:
> 
> > I can't remember anything in canon that suggests which sister is 
> > older.  This one seems a total blank.  Hints, anyone?
> 
> There is nothing concrete.
> 
> I think Petunia is older though.  Lily was only about 22 (I think) 
> when Harry was born.  Vernon and Petunia could aready afford a nice 
> four-bedroom house.  That implies to me that Vernon was making a 
> good salary and had probably been working for a few years.  I also 
> assumed (for no reason I can think of)that Vernon and Petunia were 
> fairly close in age.
> 
> Like I said, we have nothing conclusive at all.
> 
> bibphile

I read these threads coming out from time to time, being interested 
to know the specific relationships among the characters of the book. 
Let me share some "hints" with you. 

We Chinese put a great emphasis on family, giving exact and specific 
term of how each member relate to one another within her/his 
clanship. In the Chinese version of Harry Potter (from Taiwan), Lily 
is the *YOUNGER* sister of Petunia. 

On the other hand, Tom Riddle explained his name in CoS that "Tom 
after my father, Marvolo after my grandfather". In Chinese, 
the "grandfather" was translated into "the MATERNAL grandfather", 
i.e. the father of Tom's witch mother. 

Angel