McGonagall/Take 2 (was Snape's Backslide)

[elfundeb2]

Carolyn:
> Before one of the venerable ancients here points it out - ok, 
Minerva 
> wasn't at school with Tom Riddle. She left the year before he 
> started, but no problem <g>. Theory, take 2:

Oh, no, I think you were right the first time around.  By my 
reckoning, McGonagall was at most 2 years older than Riddle, and a 
man as charming and accomplished as Riddle would not have been too 
old for McGonagall.

The Lexicon, IIRC, used to have a much earlier date for McGonagall's 
birth, but Steve has seen the light and pushed her birthdate to 
1925. :-)  And here's my support for an even shorter age difference:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/90147

So I agree with you:  Snape and McGonagall are kindred spirits, 
having both been taken in by Voldemort.

Debbie
who first jumped aboard the McGonagall/Riddle ship in post 83852