Bill's Visit

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 86942

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Derek Hiemforth <derek at r...> 
wrote:
> meriaugust wrote:
> >I always thought, since the ages of the two eldest Weasly 
children 
> >are so ambiguous, that it meant that five years ago was when he 
had 
> >graduated from Hogwarts, making him about twenty three or four in 
> >GoF and making Charlie about twenty one or two.
> 
> Derek:
> This wouldn't work, though.  In GoF, the trio are in their fourth
> year, and the Weasley twins are in their sixth.  If Bill had
> graduated only five years before, then he'd be younger than the
> twins, and only a year older than the trio...
> 
> - Derek

I'm sorry, perhaps I am reading your answer wrong, but if Bill had 
graduated five years before GoF that would make him at least eight 
years ahead of HRH (he would have left the seven year school one 
year before they started) and at least five years older than the 
twins (who would have been in their first or second year when he was 
a seventh year). Maybe you could explain your logic, because it is 
cannon that Bill's allready graduated from Hogwarts and gotten a 
job, so how is it possible that he could be younger than the twins. 
who made their allready leagenday escape from Hogwarts in OotP? 
Meri