A few questions...

[Alan Smithee...oh ok Rich Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 170323

Hello everyone, sorry if this is an oft-discussed topic.  I've gone back
a little way and couldn't find any mention of it so I thought I would
post.  I was wondering if anyone knew how old Dumbledore is/was?  The reason I ask is that the answer would seem to be very old indeed!  He invents the Philosopher's Stone sometime before the start of the 20th
Century and he is already an experienced teacher when Voldemort starts
school, although one of the witches that examines Harry mentions that
she also examined Dumbledore who could do things with a wand she had
never seen before.  The reason I think this has me confused is that Flamel is hundreds of years old so it stands to reason that Dumbledore is too as he invented the stone with him, so unless Flamel had another way of keeping himself alive an unnatural length of time I can not see Dumbledore being any younger than a few hundred years old! Any answers?

My other question is what happened to Harrys grandparents? Where are they? Are both sets dead? If so how old were Harrys parents when they died?

And my final question is how do house elves appararate within school grounds when we know this is impossible? Or is it not really apparating, but some other form of magical transportation that only elves can do? Hope someone can help ease my mind of these ridiculous questions!


Rich