Wizarding lifespans

[doddiemoemoe]

No: HPFGUIDX 148722

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "manawydan" <manawydan at ...> 
wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "hpotter284" <DreamCatcher284 at ...>
> Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re:news about Black Family Tree/Wizarding 
lifespans
> 
> 
> > If we take Dumbledore and Marchbanks as a guideline for wizard
> > lifespans, then the average wizard life should last about 200 
years. Yet none of the Blacks in the family tree lived anywhere 
close to thatlong (the oldest seem to have lived for about 80 years 
or so, which is barely above half of Dumbledore's age). 

z**snip**

Doddie here:

We cannot take the black family tree for determining the average age 
of wizards..

This is only one family tree. ( It may well be that is could be the  
muggle equivalent of the "Jones" or "Smith" family trees).

My family has a massive family tree that fills more than 100 volumes 
of family trees alone---hundreds more volumes of other memorabilia 
and birth certificates etc..

We have family reunions of those who are related to us with only two 
names and get in excess of 6K attending.

Then I also have family reunions for other family members who number 
in more than 10K(and this is outside of the U.S.)...

Perhaps JK is encouraging us to consider all the huge family trees 
all the Purebloods may have..(i.e. the most noble family of 
Parkinson, Crabbe, Goyle, Nott, Avery, Blaise, LeStrange, Malfoy, 
Gaunt, Prince, and all those claiming to be of PURE blood etc...

Considering the name "Malfoy" it may make sense that for the most 
part...the purebloods may need more than a little clorine in their 
gene pool perhaps this is why JKR gave us lists of those students 
entering hogwarts for the years that Harry attended the sorting hat 
ceremony.

DeeDee