the missing Weasley child

[Florence]

No: HPFGUIDX 21375

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Danette Schardt-Cordova 
> >    This doesn't mean of course that he wasn't
> > changing the subject 
> > (Arthur sounded quite intense) and he might indeed
> > have lost a 
> > brother to Voldemort. However, if that's the case,
> > it was more likely 
> > an older brother as I don't see why only one child
> > would have been 
> > killed if a DE had attaqued Arthur's familly and it
> > seems unlikely 
> > that Molly would have left a very young child alone.
> 
> Ohhhh...I didn't think of that possiblity.  That would
> also make it even more unlikely that the younger kids
> (F & G, R and G, maybe even P) would know anything
> about it.
> 
> Danette


I think the whole family would have known about this tragedy, but it 
is still quite likely that they never talk about it much, especially 
around other people. I'm sure Ron knows or his "I'm the sixth one of 
my family to go to Hogwarts" statement doesn't make sense. 

For some seventh son stuff to work the six older brothers are supposed 
to be alive at the time of birth, which means Percy and probably 
Fred/George would have dim memories of the incident.  

It could have happened I guess anytime from Ron's birth until Voldies 
defeat (assuming he was responsible) - Bill/Charlie would be at 
school, missing child/children could be between say 10 and 5, Percy 
about 4+, F+G 2+ and Ron 0+.  It's quite easy to see that Molly/Arthur 
might make separate care arrangements for an older child/children than 
for the younger ones.  The younger ones would still not remember the 
terror of the moment or the dark mark.

It's all still rather in the realm of wild speculation, but possible 
non-the-less. 

Florence