6 older siblings/Masons: Conspiracy?

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 46780

--- Audra wrote:

> Seven has always been considered a lucky number.  It is an old 
superstition 
> that the seventh son of a seventh son would have supernatural 
abilities 
> (well, Ginny is a seventh child, not a seventh son, and we don't 
know if 
> either Mr. or Mrs. Weasley might have had 6 siblings either).  This 
is an 
> interesting theory all the same.  

Me:

Not except for the Malfoy insult of *all* Weasleys having lots of 
kids (as a family tradition) That would mean that Mr Arthur Weasley 
has lots of siblings (indeed, as many as 6 older ones). That sort of 
thing has some basis in truth... and we do know that there's one Uncle
Billius who did this and another uncle who did that... Many relatives 
indeed. (Oddly enough, only Weasleys we see at Hogwarts, are Ron's 
siblings. Where are his *cousins*, all wizarding-- unless his father 
is indeed the youngest and all Ron's cousins were out before Ron 
begun?)

> There is no evidence that Tom Riddle didn't have any older 
siblings.  In 
> fact, we might be able to make a case for it.  Mrs. Riddle never 
told Mr. 
> Riddle that she was a witch up until she was pregnant with Tom Jr.  
Why did 
> she choose to tell him then?  Maybe she had a guilty conscience, 
but it 
> sounds like she was in denial.  If Tom Jr. had older siblings (6 
older 
> siblings, as Sherry would have it) and one of them turned 11, that 
> incriminating Hogwarts letter would have come.  Well, she would 
have had to 
> own up to it then.  That's when they have the big blow out, and 
poor 
> Mrs.Riddle is left a single witch with child. Hmm..if that is the 
case, 
> several of Tom's siblings might have been at Hogwarts with him, and 
they 
> didn't even know, unless they taken very far away.

One sibling turned 11 - and Tom was still enwombed?
Eldest could be 11, then have twins 10 years, a mid-child 9 years, 
twins 8 years, and the youngest only to be born -- the elder siblings 
would be all out of Hogwarts before little Tom would get his letter.
Also, we don't know how many of the kids were squips(if that's the 
correct term for Muggle-Witch kid without magic).
Still, it is clear that "True heir of Slytherin" had to be 
Parselmouth. Though, it might be that the others simply never met any 
snakes-- just look at Harry: First Snake he ever sees is in Zoo, and 
he had no idea of being a Parselmouth. Supposedly, any witch/wizard 
*could* be, they just never realised it (unless they were baddies or 
the famous Harry Potter).

Another clue in CoS: The Masons. A thought just came to me-- Masons. 
Masonic Lodge or something like that? At least, I presume, those two 
could be members of a society whose existence is known but no one 
knows what they do, and were accused of conspiracy against government 
200 years ago but is for charity by secret means.

Mentioned in GoF as the Top Secret Department of Ministry... (I think 
that Mr and Mrs Mason *are* wizarding... Mrs Mason wasn't afraid of 
the Owl, but that their cover was blown to so-very-much-Muggle-
Dursley). And my guess on what this secret organisation does: keeps 
wizards and Muggles as separated as they can by making Muggles not to 
believe in magic and that Wizards make rules that keep Muggles from 
knowing they exist. Also that they made up all about UFOs to hassle 
Muggles who aren't fooled by weather balloons, and for those who 
don't go into that so easily, by giving out a *government-hides-
things* conspiracy, all including "advanced technology" -- and no 
Muggle even thinks of magic...

Oh, and to add: Vernon Dursley is applying for membership...

-- Finwitch