James and Lily, were how old, exactly?

[erinellii]

No: HPFGUIDX 88590


liz vega wrote:
> I've read on other sites that James and Lily were married right 
> out of Hogwarts, within a year or so, Harry's born. That would make 
> them either seventeen or eighteen?, Is this right? Where's the 
> source for this? I didn't think there was any clue about their 
ages, or anything else at this point, regarding those two. 


Erin:
  The source is JKR telling us in an interview that Snape was 35 or 
36 at the end of GoF.  Since he was in the same year as Harry's 
parents, that gives us their ages.  

Erin