[HPforGrownups] 7th Child - Parseltongue (was How did Ginny open the chamber?)

[Sherry Garfio]

No: HPFGUIDX 46820

I proposed:
> If it's only the 7th child, then that would explain why Parselmouth is
> such a rare gift: it would only occur in one bloodline, and only when
> someone in that bloodline has at least 7 children.

Monika replied:
> That would rather make Parseltongue nonexistent, not rare.

And Katsmall added:
> That would also make Harry a non-Parseltongue-speaker because he's an 
> only child.

Now I say:
Harry didn't inherit Parseltongue from Slytherin through Lily; as Dumbledore
proposed, and many on this list have quoted, the gift was transferred to him
when Voldemort tried to kill him as a baby.

Sherry


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