Molly's age was Re: James's age

[ronnie]

No: HPFGUIDX 173467

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cathy Drolet" <cldrolet at ...> 
wrote:
>
> 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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ronnie:

Thanks CathyD, i remembered the Ogg part, but not the Womping willow 
part. And more than the math part, I was wondering why Molly wasn't 
in the Order "last time". But I guess being a mother or 5 accounts 
for it....