Wand Cores (was Lily the seer, Loyal to Voldie, Harry's Ancestors, and

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 23123

I quoted the question below, and here is the answer:

It's in Book 1, when Harry buys his wand in Ollivander's shop:

Mr. Ollivander cried, "Oh, bravo! Yes, indeed, oh, very
good. Well, well, well... how curious... how very curious... "

He put Harry's wand back into its box and wrapped it in brown paper,
still muttering, "Curious... curious..

"Sorry," said Harry, "but what's curious?"

Mr. Ollivander fixed Harry with his pale stare.

"I remember every wand I've ever sold, Mr. Potter. Every single wand. 
It so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather is in your wand, 
gave another feather -- just one other. It is very curious indeed 
that you should be destined for this wand when its brother why, its 
brother gave you that scar."

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "M. Barnett" <fyregirl at c...> wrote:

> "'Exactly,' said Dumbledore.  'Harry's wand and Voldemort's wand 
> share cores.  Each of them contains a feather from the tail of the 
> same phoenix.  This (with emphasis that I can't make) phoenix, in 
> fact.' he added, and he pointed at the scarlet and gold bird, 
> perching peacefully on Harry's knee.

> Ok, so Fawkes gave an unspecified amount of tail <he he> feathers 
> to ?? Mr. Ollivander ?? so he could make wands.  This passage, to
> me, has 2 interpretations. 
> 
> #1.  Fawkes gave 2 seperate feathers, allowing Mr. Ollivander to
> make 2 sperate wands, with the 2 said feathers, thus the wands that
> were made are brothers because their feathers came from the same 
> bird.
>                         ***or***
> #2.  Fawkes gave a single feather, which Mr. Ollivander somehow 
> seperated (cut in half, or however he decided to divide it) and made 
> 2 wands out of, thus the wands being brothers seperated at birth, in 
> a manner of speaking.