Weasleys/Seventh Son/Missing Child

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No: HPFGUIDX 21400

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Haggridd" <jkusalavagemd at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., JenniferABacker at c... wrote:
> > You know that does make some sense. Also it ties into someone's 
> theory about 
> > Ron having another brother. Some people Ron is a seer and it'd 
make 
> more 
> > sense if he's the seventh son. Something about seventh sons 
having 
> magical 
> > powers. Ah I don't remember ;x
> 
> 
> Actually, it is the seventh son of a seventh son who is supposed to 
> have such powers. Well, we know that the Weaseys run to large 
> families-- from our sample of one-- so Arthur could well be a 
seventh 
> son.  That still leaves us in search of Ron's missing older 
brother. 
> hmm.
> 


In some folklore the seventh son of a seventh son is endowed with 
gifts of second sight, predicting the future, healer, lucky. He has a 
devil may care attitude and is cursed by the good and evil forces 
battling for his soul.

Also, if the seventh child is a girl then she would be a witch.  I 
don't know how this would apply to Ginny as she is already a 
witch ;)  But why couldn't she be the one who is endowed with some 
special ability?

I do find the comments Arthur Weasley made concerning the dark mark 
interesting.  He could well be thinking of a child he has lost.  
However, surely *all* the family would know about this child, 
regardless of when the child was born or how the child died.  Why 
would they not talk about their loved one? It could be that all the 
family does know but they don't feel the need to bring the subject up 
to those outside the family.  

Dave Hardenbrook said in message 21187:

>This is a good point - I think Ron is an *unconscious* Seer, so the 
>moments when his "Seer-ness" comes out are not when he's consciously 
>making a prediction or judgement, but when he's making a "random" 
>statement like a joke.

I tend to agree with that.  Someone might have brought this up but 
what about when Ron joked about Harry getting 'a windfall, unexpected 
gold.' I know there are other examples like that but I don't have 
time to look them up.

I just hope that if Ron turns out to be a seer that there is a 
difference between what Ron can foretell and what he hopes will 
happen.

PoA:  'Why couldn't Black have hidden in Snape's office, eh?  He 
could have finished him off for us!'

Koinonia