Molly's age was Re: James's age

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 173461

Ronnie said:
". I always thought that meant she was younger than the Mauraders, and was 
underage, but how could thad be? She couldn't possibly have 5 
successfull pregnancies before the age of 17! (Charlie, Bill, Percy, 
Fred & George, Ron. We know her brothers were at the order (the 
Prewetts) - so how come she wasn't??"

You need to go back and re-read GoF.  She and Arthur are older than the Potters and Sirius.  They were at Hogwarts before Hagrid became the gameskeeper. "Mrs Weasley was intrigued by the Whomping Willow, which had been planted after she left school, and reminisced at length about the gamekeeper before Hagrid, a man called Ogg."  Quite possibly Fabian and Gideon were in the order because a: they were male, or b: they were unmarried.  Arthur and Molly eloped, IIRC, during the uncertainty of the previous Voldywar, and started a family.  According to the HP Lexicon, Bill was born Nov 29, 1970 and they came in pretty quick succession after than.

CathyD


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