Re: significance in McGonagall’s years of service?

[sjlupin]

No: HPFGUIDX 78129

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "elizabeth1603" 
<elizabeth1603 at y...> wrote:
> 
> Now, McGonagall's answer is what I find intriguing. We learn that 
she has 
> been at Hogwarts for thirty-nine years, but we don't find out any 
new 
> information behind her arrival at Hogwarts. Is this information 
that we're 
> supposed to keep in the back of our minds for a later purpose?
> 
> I have my own opinions about McGonagall. She came to Hogwarts 
twenty-
> four years before Harry was born. I believe she is Harry's great-
grandmother 
> on James's side, and that, for some reason (perhaps James's father 
was 
> killed), it became necessary for her to take on a job to help the 
family out 
> when James was born. 

Now that is far more interesting than the assumtion I jumped to. I 
figured that 39 years prior, Dippet ceased to be headmaster, whether 
through death or retirement, Dumbledore took over and the post of 
Transfiguration teacher became available. If this simple theory is 
true, I'd love to know more about what Minerva did before and how she 
was chosen. I love her character, never more so than in OoTP!

sjlupin