[HPforGrownups] The Creevey brothers

[Jinx]

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----- Original Message -----
From: Andrea Bonfanti <andrea at noembromation.com.br>
To: <HPforGrownups at egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 9:34 PM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] The Creevey brothers


> Hi, everyone!
>
> I've been lurking here for a couple of months now, and I really enjoy
> the discussions. I've just come up with something, I don't know if
> you've talked about it before, so forgive me if I'm being repetitive.
>
> Was it just me, or did anyone else found it strange that Colin
> Creevey had a brother who also turned out to be a wizard? I mean,
> what are the odds? They come from a Muggle family, so, wouldn't it be
> rare enough for ONE of the kids to be a wizard to start with? Or is
> it like a recessive gene or something? Do you have any thoughts about
> this?
>
> Regards from Brazil,
>
> Andrea

Hello,

Yes, I also thought it was a bit weird for a Muggle family to produce two
wizard kids.  I mean, one is common enough, but two is stretching it.

Hence my theory.  Mr. Creevey the milkman is Muggle, but his wife's a witch.
Or rather, was.  After all, Colin says his father was surprised to find his
son was a wizard.  So maybe Mrs. Creevey either died or left her husband
before she could tell him she was a witch.  I would suggest she was killed
by Voldemort but given Dennis's age that's unlikely.  Death Eater who wasn't
tracked down until after Voldy's demise?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  Probably not,
actually, DEs don't tend to go for Muggles as spouses.

Jinx