Ron Weasley & His Brothers

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No: HPFGUIDX 33651

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "blenberry" <blenberry at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Alexander <lav at t...> wrote:
> 
> 
> > ...while I was reading SS6 ("Platform 9 3/4") Ron says that
> > he is *sixth* son in the family.
> >   I'm reading a translation, so just want to be sure - can
> > anyone check that up? 
> 
> 
> Also, "Martin Smith" <mediaphen at h...> wrote: 
> 
> >A while back I picked up the
> >Ron-might-be-the-seventh-son-and-therefore-a-seer-thread by 
pointing 
> >out the
> >possibility that a hitherto unknown older Weasleybrother was 
picked 
> >by an
> >evil wizard in his youth and trained by him, not attending 
Hogwarts 
> >and thus
> >turning to the Dark side. That would make him a son non grata in 
the 
> >Weasley
> >household and also explain why Ron can say "I'm the sixth brother 
to 
> >go to
> >Hogwarts in my family" without lying. 
> 
> 
> To be nitpicky, Ron doesn't just say "I'm the sixth in our family 
to 
> go to Hogwarts" but that he has five *wizard* brothers. 
(Harry: "Wish 
> I'd had three wizard brothers."  "Five," said Ron.)  

Ron states that he is the sixth "person" from his family to attend: 
1: Bill, 2: Charlie, 3: Percy 4&5: Fred and George, 6:Ron.
> Perhaps he had an evil squib brother, who was disowned?
> 
> 
> Barbara
I think that the "evil suib brother" is absurd for two reasons:

1) Ron IS the sixth Weasly child to attend hogwarts, and 

2) Judging by the fact that all of the Weaslys accept harry right 
away, they don't seem the type to turn away a family member who is a 
squib.  Also, If some unknown member of the Weasly family was a 
squib, it is unlikeley that Ron would have been laughing if he had a 
squib for a brother, even if he was disowned.

To play devil's advocate against myself:
However, Ron mentions a second cousin of his mothers who is an 
accountant, and the fact that they never talk about him.

even though, this may just be because he is a distant relative, not 
having to do with Muggle-Wizard relations.

Hannah