Weasley's ages

[elfundeb2]

No: HPFGUIDX 92034

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Molly Rahe" <molly at e...> wrote:
> O.K. I am realy at a loss here. It seems our beloved author has 
made a
> small error, or someone please point me in the right directing. I am
> getting all my info from interviews found on The Lexicon and the 
books
> 
> According to JKR herself, Bill is at least 28 in book 5. Charlie is 
at
> least 14 years older than Harry, because it had been 7 years since
> Charlie has been in school by the time Harry arrived (the not 
winning
> a quidditch cup since Charlie thing). In this new interview, she
> states that there is two years between the boys. So according to 
both
> of her interviews;
> When Harry is 11, Charlie is least 25.
> Bill would be 27, as he has to be two years older than Charlie
> When oOtP comes about, Charlie is about 29. Bill is 31.
> However, in this interview, she has Percy being only two years 
younger
> than Charlie, making him 27, which he is most definatly not.
> Oh! Thats it, this is way to contradicting for me! I need help!

At least she admitted that math was not her strong point. ;-)

I can see no way to reconcile JKR's latest answer to the books.  If 
Charlie was really only two years older than Percy, why wasn't he 
still at Hogwarts in PS/SS, when Percy was a newly minted fifth year 
prefect?  And it makes no sense to argue that Charlie had just left 
the year before, because that would make nonsense of McGonagall's 
statement (I think it was McGonagall, anyway) that Gryffindor hadn't 
won the Quidditch cup since Charlie Weasley left.

Judging from the way it was phrased, I think JKR made up the answer 
on the spot, and its primary purpose was to scotch all those Missing 
Weasley Child rumors.  Too bad, as that was one of my favorite 
theories. ;-(

Debbie
who doesn't think the assertion that Percy acted on his own precludes 
Umbridge from having a hand in the letter he sent to Ron