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harry potter - When was Delphini born?


Spoilers ahoy! [Go no further if you haven't read Harry Potter and the cursed child yet.]


In Harry Potter and the cursed child, Delphini states



Delphini: I am from the future. The child of Bellatrix Lestrange and you. I was born in Malfoy Manor before the Battle of Hogwarts. A battle you are going to lose. I have come to save you. (Act 4, Scene 11)



In the Deathly Hallows, Harry, Hermione and Ron are taken to Malfoy Manor, where there is no mention of her looking pregnant. Presumably, this means that the baby was born prior to that time- and, seeings as Malfoy is unaware of his cousin's birth- Bellatrix presumably had no contact with her family for 5 months prior (after the 4-month point the bump would have been more obvious.)



So, given this information, when was Delphini born (or concieved?)



Answer



The Harry Potter Wikia article on Delphini Diggory does a pretty decent job of extrapolating her likely birth-date from the available evidence.



Delphini (b. 1998?)


Delphi claims she was born at Malfoy Manor before the Battle of Hogwarts. However, when the trio are at Malfoy Manor in The Deathly Hallows Bellatrix is not said to be pregnant, meaning that, as there are only two months until the final battle, Bellatrix has already had the child.



Presumably there are spells and charms that could be used to conceal a pregnancy with semi-trivial ease, so it's not entirely true to say that her birth had to be in late 1998, but this seems the most likely position to take given how active she was when the trio arrived.


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