the missing Weasley child

[joym999 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 21381

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Florence" <fgcjnk at b...> wrote:
> 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 [snip]

If there is indeed a missing Weasley son, it would make sense for him 
to fall somewhere between Charlie and Percy, since as somebody once 
pointed out, the Weasley males names are more or less alphabetical:

A--Arthur
B--Bill
C--Charlie
D--the hypothetical dead son (Dilbert Weasley?)
E--Percy (ok, Percy begins with a P but maybe it is a nickname and 
his real name is Ethelbert Percival Weasley.  You see, they were 
going to call him Edward, but Great-Uncle Ethelbert died right before 
he was born, so they had to name him Ethelbert but they didnt have 
the heart to actually call the poor kid Ethelbert so they called him 
Percy.  Hey, I like it!)
F--Fred
G--George
H--Ron (ok, his name should start with H.  Maybe Arthur and Molly 
were going to name him Harry, but something made them change their 
minds. Hmmmmmmm.)

Well, its a theory, anyway.

--Joywitch