Lagdogs?? (wasRe: re:Ages/)

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 140531

 
> zgirnius:
> Well, taking your math and Carol's math the birth order certainly 
> seems wrong. But we know for sure that Bella is the oldest Black 
> sister. Dumbledore says so in the scene of HBP where he explains to 
> Harry that he is not sure whether 12 GP will go to Harry or to
Bella. 
> It would be Bella as the oldest surviving relative of Sirius.


Potioncat:
I think we have another age problem like we did with the older
Weasley 
kids. Must be something about that year group! (Tonks is in that age 
range.)

We have several sets of facts.
1) Bella is the oldest of the sisters
2) Sirius hadn't seen Bella since he was Harry's age
3) Snape was part of a gang at Hogwarts that included Bella
4) Tonks is the middle sister's daughter; and must be about 7 years 
older than Harry. (based, IIRC on the last auror class being 4 years 
prior to career advice...I'm fuzzy on this one.)(Oh, heck, like I'm 
clear on the rest????)

So with this information: Who had soup for dinner and who lives in a  
green house?

Actually, does't that meant that Andromeda would have to be at least
4 
years older than the Marauders? And Bella at least 5 years older.
That 
would allow only 2 years for Bella and Snape to have in common.

On the other hand, the "gang" as Sirius remembers it, could have 
spanned several years. I mean, in a way, Draco was part of a gang
that 
included Montagu and Flint. Still, it's darn hard to imagine a 
first/second year kid hanging out with sixth/seventh years.

Unless of course the Slytherins promoted the habit of younger 
kids "waiting on" the older ones and with a Head of House like 
Slughorn, it might have been common. This of course will add fuel to 
the "lapdog" theories. Particularly since Narcissa calls Severus an
old 
friend of Lucius's. 

What do you  think?