Mother's Eyes/Lily Potter

[Danemead at yahoo.com]

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From: Danemead
Subject: Re: Mother's Eyes/Lily Potter
Reply To: [Yahoo! #1636] Re: Mother's Eyes/Lily Potter
Date: 6/5/00 1:19 am  (ET)

>>>>>Neil wrote:
 I think the sorting hat sorts people on their own merits, not because
 of their family history although, in most cases, people from the same
 family seem to end up in the same house). <<<<<<

Me:
I found this ODD, because you usually have a mix of personality types
in a family. What are the odds that ALL the Weasleys would end up in
Gryffindor? Bill and Charlie were brainy, Percy is pompous, Fred & George
are fun-loving, Ginny is shy. Yet they all end up in the same house.

(By the way, one of the things I like about the "Paradigm of Uncertainty"
fan fic is the explanation given for why Hermione, a Ravenclaw type,
was put in Gryffindor instead.)

I do remember Hagrid saying that James and Lily were Head Boy and Girl
in their time at Hogwarts. It sounds like that post was awarded to the
persons who got the most points on their O.W.L.'s.