[HPforGrownups] Ron Weasley & His Sister (Was RW & His Brothers)

[DMCourt11 at cs.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 33655

In a message dated 1/17/02 10:47:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, lav at tut.by 
writes:

> While rereading Philosopher's Stone, I have stumbled upon
> some phrase which I think needs some checking. There has
> been a lot of talk in the newsgroup about Ron Weasley being
> the seventh son, and about a possible Ron's older brother.
> Yet while I was reading SS6 ("Platform 9 3/4") Ron says that
> he is *sixth* son in the family.
> 
  I've been reading the other replies to this query, and while I won't quote 
them here, basically they talk about the possibility of a missing brother, 
and the magical abilities of the seventh son.  

Other threads recently went into detail about women in the HP universe, and 
Ginny in particular (her maturity mostly).  Might it be significant that if 
there are no missing Weasly children, that makes Ginny the seventh child.  
Much of the discussion of women in HP argued about strong portrayals, 
equality, etc.  It would be nice to see Ginny not only continue maturing, but 
discover that she is a very powerful witch as well.

Donna


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