Tonks's age: A possible solution RE: [the_old_crowd] Re: Snape the Half-Blood Prince WAS RE: Page-filler Lupin

[Amanda]

> Do I remember though, that no new Aurors had been accepted in 4 
> years at the time Harry was talking to McGonagall? How will that 
> work into the mix?
> Kathy W, as good at maths as JKR is.


That's the onion.  It all hinges on McGonagall's comment.

Harry met Tonks when he was 15 in OotP she was described as a witch 
in her twenties.  If there were no new Aurors for 4 years previously 
as McGonagall pointed out and Tonks left school at 18 and went 
straight into Auror training - that would put Tonks at 22 at the 
youngest. Thus you have 7 years between a 15 year old Harry and a 22 
year old Tonks.  It's not conclusive by any means but I think that 
is how the seven years came about.

Make sense?

Mandy