SV: [HPforGrownups] Re: Caribbean (was Kashrut / Languages / Merchandise / Flavors

[Sara Ludwig]

No: HPFGUIDX 6828

That was a lot to think about. I found my suspicions that Lavender is Carribean or maybe even original African on her name because many of the names in books - even others than HP! - generally do tell much more about their bearers than they would in real life. I never thought about Hermione as anything else but European, can't tell why in this case, and yes I know a few European people with big teeth.
LOL
catrina
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  --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Sara Ludwig" <sara.ludwig at t...> 
  wrote:
  > Isn't Lavender Brown Carribean?
  > catrina

  I don't recall ANYTHING in the books indicating that Lavender Brown 
  is Caribbean, altho' the American version of Book 1 states (in 
  the Sorting) that Dean Thomas is a tall Black boy, "even taller than 
  Ron" and I have thought it likely that a Brit who is named Dean 
  Thomas and is black is more likely to be of West Indian ancestry than 
  of directly African ancestry.

  Since 'Lavender Brown' is a silly name (two colors that don't go 
  together), I had thought she must be from a wizarding family since 
  the wizard folk seem to go in for silly names) until I noticed the 
  scene in PoA where Trelawney sees the Grim in Harry's tea cup. 
  Hermione looks outraged, Dean and Lavender look puzzled, but everyone 
  else looks terrified. 

  I deduced that everyone who was raised in a wizarding family grew up 
  afraid of the Grim, and the Muggle-born may or may not have learned 
  about the Grim from their friends at Hogwarts (as Harry and Hermione 
  learned from Ron). Thus, the conclusion that Lavender Brown is 
  Muggle-born. I would be MUCH HAPPIER if it had been Parvati rather 
  than Lavender who had looked puzzled, as I firmly believe that the 
  Patil twins are Muggle-born.

  For that matter, I don't have GOOD evidence from the books that 
  Hermione has Caribbean ancestry. In one book, where Harry meets up 
  with her right after summer vacation (in France) and she was 'looking 
  very brown', I always knew that meant she was suntanned more than 
  usual, which in turn means that her winter skin color is not entirely 
  dark (dark enough people don't get darker from sun). There are a mess 
  of people telling me that the description of her hair as 'bushy' 
  means something different than 'nappy', and I myself have met a 
  family of very pale people who have big teeth. I think my opinion 
  may be based more on Hermione reminding me of someone I used to know 
  who had Caribbean ancestors.

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