[HPforGrownups] the Sight - Trelawney & Ron

[Liz Sager]

No: HPFGUIDX 33039

Katze wrote:
>Or perhaps, Ron is a seventh son (is that where you were going with
>this?). Would he be the seventh of a seventh (is Arthur a seventh)? Was
>there a brother who died? Though I always remember Ron being quite
>specific that he had "five older brothers", not "six, but one died".
>Would be interesting...

I've wondered often about this, and find it rather easy to buy into. We 
don't know how many siblings Arthur had, although if its in the Weasley 
genetics to have lots of kids, it seems very likely ;) And if Ron is indeed 
a seventh, and the sixth died, it would be very easy to forget him. For 
instance my grandmother miscarried a girl before my dad was born, but my dad 
always says he has one brother (my Uncle Randy), not one brother, and an 
older sister who was miscarried. Its very easy to forget about someone, 
especially if they died when you were really young.

And if he did indeed die, and yet worse was killed by You-Know-Who, its 
probably something that the Weasleys wouldn't bring up very often, and 
probably most certainly not in the presense of Harry.

>
>Are sevenths of a seventh healers and seers? After all this talk about
>Ron and his predictions, I think I'm going to have to go re-read his
>(and Harry's) statements in light of this discussion. It would be an
>interesting twist for Ron to turn out to be a true seer, probably be a
>hell of a lot of fun too.

Seventh sons of seventh sons are said to be healers, seers, and incredibly 
powerful. Ron and Harry do indeed have a most impressive track record in 
predictions, Ron more so, I believe. He has made several correct 
predictions, whether he remembers them or not. And even if he does think 
that Divination is bogus, maybe he does indeed have the gift of second 
sight. ;)

>except for the second prediction, and she doesn't even
>remember that.

Was I the only one who got super freaked out when I read that? :)

Liz

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