Timeline for DH

[Carol]

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Niru wrote:
> 
> Aha... I had the exact same doubt. LoL! So I pulled out a few 
calculators and here's what they say -
> 
> (Teddy Lupin conceived) July 9   --> (Teddy Lupin born) April 1
> 
> (Teddy Lupin conceived) August 7 --> (Teddy Lupin born) April 30
> 
> The only solid fact we have is that Teddy was born in April 1998. 
> 
> We may infer from Tonks' glowing looks on Harry's birthday that she
knew was pregnant. 
> 
> I'm guessing that Lupin and Tonks got married end June or early July
and conceived Teddy pretty much straightaway! 


Carol responds:
Actually, there's canon for the approximate marriage date as well.
Voldemort tells Bellatrix during the DE meeting in chapter 1 that the
"happy event" occurred "this week" (DH Am. ed. 9) and Snape says that
Harry will be removed from 4 Privet Drive on "Saturday next" (3).
"Saturday next," which can only be a few days away unless the phrase
means "a week from this coming Saturday," turns out to be four days
before July 31 (Harry's seventeenth birthday), which means that it's
July 27. So if the meeting occurs on, say, Wednesday (it can't be
Monday as the wedding has occurred the same week), that date would be
July 24 and the wedding date would be around July 22. Obviously, we
can't be that exact, but it seems that the Lupins were married in mid-
to late July. 

I agree that Teddy was conceived right away, as indicated by Tonks'
happy glow when Harry sees her on his birthday, and a mid- to late
April birthdate fits with the Shell Cottage birth announcement.

Carol, guessing that Teddy was conceived on the wedding night after
Lupin had a little too much elf-made wine or butterbeer