Hogwarts Professors/HP universe - no partners; no children

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 154851

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Schlobin at ... wrote:
>
> Okay, I know this has been discussed before...perhaps it's because 
everything is Harry's point of view, but....no wonder Professor 
Dumbledore has  staff problems...there's a celibacy rule! (a mild 
joke)
>  
> Okay, not ONLY do none of the professors have 
partners/spouses/lovers, but it seems NONE of them have children.
>  
(Snip)>  
> The Weasleys seem to be the only family with a lot of kids...
> well of course Lily and James didn't have time, but the Malfoys 
only have one, the Lestranges have none, Barty Crouch only has one, 
the Diggorys only have one, Crabbe and Goyle seem to only have 
one.....neither Sirius or Regulus have  had any kids that we know 
of...the Patils and Creevys seem to be the only other  siblings.....
>  

Tonks:
I noticed the "celibacy" thing long ago, but whenever I suggested 
that the professors are symbolic monks and nuns I get shot down. 
Some think that maybe all their families were killed off in the 
frist war. But with all those long black flowing robes, a Religious 
Community is the first thing I thought of. It use to be that the 
early school were run by Relgious Orders. Also in the US version of 
the first books (before the movies came out) the pictures of the 
kids looked like they were wearing cassocks, not the robes as they 
later were depicted. For those who don't know, a cassock is the 
black garment with buttons down the front and a high collar, a bit 
like what Snape wore in the beginning too. It is like most Anglican 
churches use as part of a choir robe or what Benedictines and other 
Religious wear under the rest of their outfit.

As to the number of children the married ones have that also is 
rather odd. I am an only child myself and even I noticed this as a 
bit strange. The only thing I came up with here is that Rowling is 
implanting the idea, as she did in chapter 2 of book 6, of the 
concept of "my son, my only son" as a hidden reference to Christ. 
These only children in the books are all sons. I don't see any other 
way to interpret it.

Tonks_op