Dumbledore's Family?

[Kelly]

No: HPFGUIDX 77133

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ghinghapuss" <rredordead at a...> 
wrote:
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> What do you all think about Dumbledore's family?
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I know that JKR mentioned that we would find out more about the 
teacher's families.  However, I always assumed that the wizarding 
world, being somewhat old fashioned, could be compared to the muggle 
world of 100 years ago or so.  I believe that when people entered the 
teaching profession (especially boarding schools) at that time, they 
were rarely married.  This is especially true of females who entered 
professions such as this in lieu of marriage and often were expected 
to leave their teaching posts if they did get married.

The second point to this is that the books are from Harry's POV.  I 
know that kids rarely know much about their teacher's private lives 
and often assume they don't have a private life at all.  So, from 
Harry's point of view, it makes sense that we don't see the teacher's 
spouses and children if, in fact, there are any.

Kelly