Upcoming Deaths (and past deaths)

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No: HPFGUIDX 45220

At 18:31 10/10/02 -0500, Richelle Votaw wrote:

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>On the topic of deaths, In GoF at the leaving feast, Dumbledore said "Some
>of you in this Hall have already suffered directly at the hands of Lord
>Voldemort.  Many of your families have been torn asunder."  Now that "some
>of you have suffered" could go for anyone who was friends with Cedric.
>However, the "many of your families have been torn asunder" line is
>different.  Who do we know who qualifies as having their family torn asunder
>by Voldemort?  Harry, of course.  Neville.  Susan Bones (as her grandparents
>were killed by Voldemort).  Who else?  Anyone known?  Three students hardly
>qualifies as "many."  Therefore there must be many others.   I suppose if
>indeed a Weasley (the "missing Weasley(s)") had been killed that would
>qualify four more (Fred, George, Ron, Ginny) no, five, wasn't Percy there as
>a guest?  Can't remember if he stuck around that long.  Anyway, it makes me
>wonder who all has been affected by Voldemort.  Many more than we know for
>sure.  Did I leave anyone out?

I don't think you missed any *known* connections, but I'm just popping my 
head over the parapet to re-air my little theory that there are hidden 
depths to good ol' Dean Thomas, about whose parentage we know absolutely 
nothing at present. Uniquely among Harry and his peers, we don't even know 
about their Muggle/Wizarding status or what happened to them. All we know 
is that "Like Harry, he lived with Muggles" (indicating an adoptive status, 
rather than a natural one, else why would the comparison be to Harry rather 
than Hermione?).

I just wish I had the imagination to work out a plausible direction for my 
theory-ette (calling it a "theory" is far too grand a term). :-)