Any guesses how old she is then? WAS Re: Petunia's birthday - February 29?

[M.Clifford]

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>Karen Cleary <kkersey at s...> wrote:
> 
> This is going out on a limb, I know: I think Petunia's birthday is 
February 29th, and that she'll be receiving a Hogwart's letter when 
she reaches her eleventh birthday - which will occur when she is 44 
years old.
> 
> In the FAQ section of her web site JKR states (emphasis added):
> "Everyone who shows magical ability before their *eleventh 
birthday* will automatically gain a place at Hogwarts." Of course, 
anyone born on leap day - February 29 - only has a birthday every 
four years, so it takes awhile for those eleven birthdays to roll 
by. 


Valky:
Hahahah! That's bloody brilliant Karen, canon thin or not, I just 
love the "outside the box"-ness of it.

I am not willing to let this one drop without a proper 
investigation, so lets add up some figures and see how old Petunia 
is as of OOtP. 

Lily was probably 22 at the oldest when she dies, (am I correct, 
that is the accepted age by all accounts who have done the counting?)
So that would make her 38 in HBP, assuming that there is 5 years or 
less between the girls since Petunia does seem to have been a young 
girl when Lily got her letter that would mean that Petunia will be 
no older than 43 in HBP. 

So there it is folks : If Petunia was 16 when Lily got her letter 
then she will be **44** in Book seven.... ALL ABOARD!!

Valky