Revisiting the Ron as 7th son (and Snape as Vampire)

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 21530

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Melanie Brackney <ilovbrian_99 at y...> wrote:
> 
> LOL...interesting...
> 
> Accidental slip-up....but then again I can't see how that could 
really be accidental..considering Ginny is the seventh child, not 
Ron...very interesting.  I wouldn't hold to much stock in it..just 
cuz JKR didn't write the bio..atleast I don't think she did.
> 
> MElanie


I've largely ignored (sorry!) all this speculation about Ron being a 
7th son of a 7th son before, mainly because I don't think that Ron is 
a Seer, or has 6th sense, whatever.  But I just had a thought that if 
Arthur Weasley was also a 7th son, then surely we would have heard 
something about the rest of his family by now.  Unless most of his 
family was wiped out during the VW1, then surely there would be other 
Weasley cousins at Hogwarts, unless Arthur and Molly started having 
children much later than is usual.  This seems unlikely considering 
that it is extremely probable (if not a certainty) that they have 
been together since their time at Hogwarts.  Of course this can be 
explained away by saying perhaps the other Weasleys all live abroad 
etc., but this doesn't seem very likely, given Ron's ignorance over 
other wizarding schools etc.

Anyway, I think that this is one of the less plausible speculations 
running at the moment.  

BTW:  Pippin has really got me going about this Snape the Vampire 
thing.  I think JKR is always very deliberate in her descriptions, 
and the repetition here does seem very pointed.  As does Lupin saying 
to Snape that he needs a word with Ron and Harry about their vampire 
essay.  I am reluctantly giving this whole idea more credence than I 
did originally.

Confusedly,
Catherine