Seven Weasley Children

[m.bockermann at t-online.de]

No: HPFGUIDX 45545

Hi Eileen!

Eileen wrote:
>>>I've heard this before and it makes me want to laugh very, very hard.
Do you know these families where they keep on having boys b/c they
want a girl eventually?
Yeah, like people really would do that in real life... Honestly. In
the past, people might try for a boy (as in Pride and Prejudice), but
those were different circumstances.
People have large families these days b/c they want large families.
End of story. I don't get this urge to look for a more "sensible"
reason for the existence of Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron,
and Ginny.


I must object to that, Eileen. I know  families where they continued to have
children, trying to get one of the other gender. Two families that stopped
at three boys. One of them gave up because the mother was to old, in the
other case it was breast cancer.

In the third family they have been trying for a boy and only stopped
(grudingly) after the sixth girl because the mother nearly died at birth.

Personally I don't think those are compelling reasons to have more children
and I agree with you that traditionally couples have tried for a boy instead
of a girl. But it would fit JKR that she would turn that tradition on its
heels and make a girl from it. And Molly and Arthur seem to love each of
their children. If they don't mind getting a lot of boys until they get a
girl... who am I to stop them.

Take care,
Ethanol