The Age Thing

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No: HPFGUIDX 111782

Dumbledore is very old. No doubt. If Rowling said that wizards indeed 
live (much?) longer than muggles - that's how it is then.

Makes me wonder how then is it possible to keep the WW a secret from 
ordinary muggles. 
Example. 
Hermione is a muggleborn witch - as Im sure many others have been 
before her. She's supposed to live longer than anyone else in her 
family (assuming she's the only person in the family with WW-
connections). 
Other muggleborn witches/wizards must have, too, in the past. And 
nobody (muggle-relatives and friends) ever wondered why this or that 
person got to be so old?

Also, in the muggleworld people are registered from birth, so it must 
seem very strange that some muggles (I guess other muggles would 
still consider muggleborns to be muggles ... uh.... normal people - 
as they don't know about the WW) live to be 120-130 - or more?

One more thing.
Hermione used as example (as muggleborn) once again.
Nobody (other than her parents I guess) in her family know about her 
being a witch and being at Hogwarts for 7 years. 
How is she supposed to keep that a secret to her family and muggle-
associates when she leaves Hogwarts?
I mean - what is she supposed to do for a living then? An ordinary 
muggle-job? Makes no sense then for her to spend 7 years learning all 
sorts of wizardry - unless she'll apply for a job inside the WW - and 
if that is what she does - how can she go on keeping it all a secret 
to everyone she knows in the muggleworld?

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