How old is Dumbledore???

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 155189


> aussie:
> if we allow DD to have long life secrets that are unique to Flamel's 
> partner, what about DD's brother? 150 years sounds like an acceptable 
> age for a wizard.


Potioncat:
Back in Oct 2000 JKR had this to say:

>>>Question: How old is old in the wizarding world, and how old are 
Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall?
J.K. Rowling responds: Dumbledore is a hundred and fifty, and Professor 
McGonagall is a sprightly seventy. Wizards have a much longer life 
expectancy than Muggles. (Harry hasn't found out about that yet.)<<<


But if you look at the wizarding cards, or the Black family tree, or 
just look at who is alive in canon and who is considered "old" in canon-
-it doesn't seem like the greater part of the WW lives any longer than 
the Muggles do.

We know of one witch who is older than DD, there are several wizards 
who "seem" older, but we aren't told they are. McG doesn't seem 70, but 
when she's attacked in OoP, someone makes a comment about her age. 
Hagrid certainly doesn't seem 70. We would have to assume that DD's 
brother is around 150 as well.

The question is, how have the DD brothers lived so long? Better yet, 
why did JKR say that wizards have longer life spans? 

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