James's age

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 173435

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Meliss9900 at ... wrote:
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>  
> In a message dated 7/27/2007 11:07:30 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> gbannister10 at ... writes:
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> Just  to be picky, his parents were 21 when they were killed.
> 
> However, at  that point, he didn't know how old they were and hadn't 
> got any photos -  until Hagrid got some for him at the end of PS so 
> either his imagination  or the Mirror supplied a suitable image.
 
Melissa
> One would think that on a subconscious level at least Harry would have  
> remembered what his parents looked like and that memory could have been what the  
> Mirror was pulling to the front.

Geoff:
Which begs the question, how clear would Harry's visual 
memory be of parents whom he had lost as an infant of 
15 months - even subconsciously? 

Speaking personally, I can remember my parents when I was 
about five but I can't consciously go back further than that.