Bellatrix's age (Was: Narcissa Malfoy )

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 121926


Kethryn wrote:
> I guess the only reason that I postulate that Bella is about Lucius'
age is because of Narcissa, really.  I mean, if the Black family tree
 is correct and the ww does family trees the way we do them, then
Bella would be the eldest and Narcissa would be the baby.  As poorly
as I tend to think of Lucius, he doesn't really strike me as the child
bride type so it's hard for me to imagine more than a couple of  years
seperate him and Narcissa. <snip>

Carol:
Well, since I think Narcissa is the oldest sister in spite of the
apparent order of the names on the tapestry, I agree that she's
Lucius's age and that he didn't marry a child bride. And in order for
Andromeda, the middle sister, to have had a child Tonk's age, *she*
would have to be close to Lucius'age. 

I put them in this order: 
1) Narcissa (Lucius's age, five years older than MWPP and, by WW
standards, by no means too old to be Draco's mother, about 41 at the
end of GoF; certainly not a child bride)
2) Andromeda (about a year younger, about 40 at the end of GoF--She
must have been just out of school when she had Tonks)
3) Bellatrix (two years younger than Lucius and three years older than
Sirius because of the quote in the "Noble House of Black" chapter,
about 39 at the end of GoF)

If we ignore or otherwise reinterpret the quote and reverse the ages
of Narcissa and Bellatrix, she's still not a child bride. She would be
only two years younger than Lucius. But I stand with my original
interpretation. (If anyone wants it, it's in post 121706; the quote
and an addendum is in post 121834.)

Carol