Weasleys Ages-The last and final post you will ever need

[Molly Rahe]

No: HPFGUIDX 92160

O.K. Folks! I made a post at 6.30 a.m. this morning and yes, it was
129 posts ago, and most of you don't have the time to slog through
every message since the chat, so I thought I would recap what I said.

Every fact is founded in canon or an actual quote from J.K.R. herself.

People, we have a flint.
We can not guess as to weather or not Charlie left school early or if
there was no quidditch finals those years. When looking objectively at
the facts given to us, by the books and by J.K.R., we have to come to
the conclusion that there is a definate discrepency.

Fact One:
Bill is in his late twenties in GoF. from past interview with J.K.R.
late twenties are anything after 26. So he is at least 27 in GoF.
Charlie has won the quidditch cup for gryffindor seven years before
Ron enters Hogwarts, making him either 23 or 24 when Ron enters Hogwarts.
 Charlie would then be either 27 or 28 in OotP.
In this new interview, she has the boys ages spaced out every two
years. So in OotP, Bill is most likely 29 or 30

Then we get to Percy. It is fact that Bill is the age he is by a quote
from J.K.R. herself, and that Charlie is two years younger. It all
fits too with all the book canon.

But Percy, whew! This is the Flint. He is only 19-20 by book canon
(OotP).So how can J.K.R. call him only two years younger than Charlie,
who she established as two years younger than Bill, Who she stated in
an interview as being at least 29 or 30 in OotP.

I smell a flint. Either statement she made could be wrong. The book
could be wrong, althought, as it is published, this is all jsut
speculative. The whole thing is so very wrong. She either is
deliberatly lying to us (GASP!) or she made a boo-boo. A flint.

The original post is below. It is a bit different than this one as I
worked the exact ages out better here. But it is the same.









Posted at 6.30 in the morning after being up all night for the 4:00
a.m. chat




"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!

(Its only peoples ages Molly, get a grip!)"