Weasley's ages

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No: HPFGUIDX 93138

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, danielle dassero <drdara at y...> wrote:
Snip of Danielle's:
> In SS Fred says they haven't won since Charlie left.
> Chap midnight duel. Since I agree that Molly would not
> have let Charlie leave early, and Charlie probably
> listened to his mum. And since the 93/94 schoolyear
> would have been the 8 year that they would have lost
> in quidditch. Then Charlie graduated in 1986. The
> 86/87 was year 1 lost,87/88 was year 2 lost,88/89 year
> 3, 89/90 year 4, 90/91 year 5,91/92 year 6,92/93 was
> year 7 lost. If they had lost instead of winning then
> 93/94 would have been the 8th year they lost. So
> depending on when Charlie's birthday was, Charlie
> would have been turned 18 or 19  in 1986 that makes
> him being born in 1967 or 1968. 

 SS US Paperback Ch. 13 pg 216 it says "If they won their next match, against 
Hufflepuff, they would overtake Slytherin in the house championship for the first time 
in seven years."  POA US Hardcover Ch. 15 pg 301 "Gryffindor hadn't won the 
Quidditch Cup since the legendary Charlie Weasley (Ron's second oldest brother) had 
been Seeker."
The Quidditch Cup and the House Championship are two different contests.  You 
can't assume because a house wins the Quidditch Cup it wins the house 
championship and visa-versa.  In PS/SS it may have been 7 years since they won the 
house championship, but you can't assume that it's been 7 years since they won the 
Quidditch Cup.  It could be true, but without more information we just can't assume 
things like that (ie. Charlie's last year at Hogwarts 1986.)

Rachael