Sibling rivarly, shipping and the rest of us...

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 8534

Scott wrote:
> I just thought about this and we've probably discussed it before but 
> I thought I'd ask anyway.
> 
> How many of you Ron-fans out there are part of a large family, i.e. 
> lots of brothers and sisters, and also the babies of the family? 
> 
> I am an only child and perhaps that's the real reason I don't 
> particulary like or relate to Ron. If that holds true do the other 
> Harry/Hermione types come from smaller families, or are perhaps the 
> older of siblings?
> 
> Also, because my mind seems to have gone blank, is Hermione an only 
> child? I've always thought she is, but is there any explicit 
evidence 
> that proves it?  I can't remember for the life of me and I don't 
feel 
> like wading through the books.  I just thought that it is possible 
> that her brother(s)/sister(s) could me regular muggles and therefore 
> we've not heard of them...
> 
> Scott

I'm the Ginny of my family...the only girl and the youngest in a 
family of 5. My brothers were stellar students, big-time award 
winners, valedictorians, etc. My parents never did the comparision 
thing, but I knew teachers did. In fact, I remember one teacher 
remarking how she couldn't understand why brother # 4 was so good in 
trigonmetry and I wasn't as good.

Ron hit the nail on the head in PS/SS when he told Harry if he did as 
well as his brothers it wouldn't be a big deal, but if he did worse it 
would be.

As for Hermione, my college roommate Freshman year was an only child 
and very Hermione-like: a bossy know-it-all. 

:-) Milz