[HPforGrownups] A Wizard's Age

[jazmyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 86833



ladyramkin2000 wrote:
> It is a given that the lives of witches and wizards are considerably
> longer than those of muggles.  I was wondering if someone born into a
> muggle family ,  who is offered a place at Hogwarts and, for some
> reason, refuses it, would still have an abnormally long life.  I
> think someone mentioned some time ago a theory that Petunia might
> have been offered a place and for some unknown reason, turned it
> down. Using her as an example, if she was really a witch, albeit an
> untrained one, would she have a very long life?  I am not, ofcourse,
> suggestingthat Petunia was a witch.  She is just a useful peg to hang
> the question on.
> Sylvia (sorry this has come out rather jumbled, but I have been
> looking after a two-year-old all day.)
> 


I think people are totally misunderstanding WHY wizards live longer. Its 
not genetics, its magic.  People keep forgetting about the MAGIC! There 
are potions and spells to extend life and cure most ills that would 
shorten life. A muggle wife/husband of a wizard would no doubt live 
longer too as they would have the benefits of magical healing and life 
extension.

You would live longer too if you had access to things powerful enough to 
  regrow bones overnight and regenerate cells.  Not to mention things 
like  the potion made from the Philosopher's stone that can make a 
person immortal.  Though that one is a lot harder to get without the 
stone.  There are most likely a lot of life extending potions that don't 
make you immortal, but just shave a few years off once in a while.


Jazmyn