Ginny: 7 of 7? was Re: Charlie Weasley's age

[jeffl1965]

No: HPFGUIDX 80424

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" <kcawte at b...> 
wrote:
> Me (K)
> 
> This may well point towards a greater role for Ginny (her 
relationship with
> Tom in CoS and her development in OoP could point towards this) but 
there
> has also been a fair bit of speculation that there is a 'missing' 
Weasley
> (because there seems to be a larger gap between Charlie and Percy 
than
> between any of the others) - if it's true this would make *Ron* the 
seventh
> son ....
> 
> K

 Jeff:

   This is an intresting point. I was curious about why there was a 
gap in the ages. I'm pasting something I found that might help for 
those who've never seen it.

  
calculating the ages of the Weasley children [paraphrased from a post 
on HPfGU by Michelle] 
In PA it's stated that Gryffindor haven't won the Quidditch cup for 7 
years. It is also stated (in either PA or PS can't remember which) 
that they haven't won a the cup since Charlie was Seeker. In PA, Ron 
has already been at hogwarts for 2 years so 7-2 =5, so that's 5 years 
between Charlie leaving Hogwarts and Ron starting Hogwarts. Add on 
the severn years you spend at Hogwarts 7 +5 =12 so you get 12 years 
between Charlie starting at Hogwarts and Ron starting at Hogwarts. 
That's 12 years between Charlie and Ron. Since we know that Ron was 
born in March 1980, Charlie must have been born in 1968 or 1969. Now 
the twins are two school years above Ron, and Percy is two school 
years above the twins. That's roughly 4 years between Percy and Ron 
and 12- 4 = 8 years between Charlie and Percy (roughly: could be 
nearer 7 or 9 as we're using schools years). 

  

Jeff:

   I hope this helps some, but I know it doesn't explain why there is 
a gap. I guess we'll have to speculate unitl we know for sure. 



  Jeff