teaching staff marital status & only children

[Macha <monkshoodgardens@cox.net>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52686

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Claire <ophelia12uk at y...>" 
<ophelia12uk at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Doreen" <nera at r...> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >   --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Doreen" <nera at r...> wrote:
> >   > I was wondering about the fact that all of the teaching staff 
> of 
> >   Hogwarts are all single, apparently childless. 
> >   > 
> >   > Also, aren't most of the wizard families mentioned so far on 
> the 
> >   small side of only one or two children? There seem to be a lot 
> >   of "only child" characters in the books.
> > 
>  I read a webchat/interview (I honestly don't remember which and 
have 
> no idea how to find out) with JKR after the publication of Goblet 
of 
> Fire and she said that the martial status of the Hogwarts staff was 
> hidden for "security reasons". She gave no indication of what these 
> were, maybe it's to stop parents (like Lucius Malfoy) going  around 
a 
> nd cursing a teacher's family because they gave their child bad 
> marks ;).
> 
Claire et al,
I, too, read an (obviously) different interview with JKR (that I also 
cannot now remember the date nor source) in which she stated that the 
staff do, indeed, have spouses - now whether that means that more 
characters will be developed in future books or this was merely a 
reply to a question, I do not know. I, for one, would like to know 
more about these relationships as it would add even more dimension to 
the characters already created.
Macha