Mistaken identity and ages

[koinonia02]

No: HPFGUIDX 80586

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hermionegallo" Message 80568
 
 
> "K": (snipped)original message 80562
> During *The Pensieve* Bertha is about sixteen.

> GoF/Ch 19 "Listen, I 
> knew Bertha Jorkins," said Sirius grimly. "She was at Hogwarts 
>when I was, a few years above your dad and me." 

>James/Sirius/Snape would have been about thirteen. Possibly 
>fourteen. The Pensieve would have happened before The Prank. The 
>guys are in year six (?) at the time of the Prank and Bertha is no 
>longer at Hogwarts. 

 
> hg:
> Maybe we should remember that LUCIUS MALFOY is three years older 
than the Marauders.

"K":

Oh, I haven't forgotten Malfoy. 

Let's try this age stuff again. I admit that I hate trying to figure 
out the age of a character and usually leave that to others. Let's 
say Snape is in his 4th year at Hogwarts when Florence is kissed. He 
would be around 14 years old. Bertha would probably be in her 7th 
year. Lucius would be gone by that time. Malfoy would no longer be 
at Hogwarts as he is 5 - 6 years older than Snape. Malfoy is 41 in 
OoP. Snape is 35/36 at the end of GoF. I know some say Snape is 
35/36 at the beginning of SS and that would make a difference but 
until we know for sure I'm sticking with Lucius being older than 
Snape.

Now of course it could still be Malfoy kissing Florence if this 
scene took place when Snape was in his first or second year. Guess 
we'll just have to wait and see. 

 
"K"
> > ~~Have any of the Hogwarts professors had spouses?
> > Good question - yes, a few of them but that information is sort 
of 
> > restricted - you'll find out why....~~

 
 hg:
> This is JK in an interview?  Which one?  It's certainly a 
provokative statement, isn't it?


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Why can't she just tell us who had spouses ;-)

"K"