Draco's Siblings?

[Pat and Jim Gruenke]

No: HPFGUIDX 55674

Patricia Bullington-McGuire  wrote:

The thing is, though, that if he is younger than his siblings by 10 or
more years, he wouldn't have had much chance to relate to them as peers.

By the time he was old enough to interact with them they would be off at

school for most of the year.  And in my experience, most people I've
known
with siblings that much older treat them more like secondary parents
than
like fellow kids.  So being younger by a decade or more would make him
act
like an only child for most practical purposes, and it wouldn't really
explain his ability to manipulate his classmates.

My take:

I agree wholeheartedly.  This is very much the situation in my husband's
family.  He has a sister 18 years younger than he is, who is 12 years
younger than her nearest sibling in age.  We refer to her as "an only
child with five older brothers and sisters."  She didn't realize that my
husband was her brother until she was about four.  He was more like an
uncle.

Draco has a sense of entitlement that would come with power and money
handed to you on a silver platter, not earned.  I really don't think
it's an only-child problem, (they get an undeserved bad rap, IMHO) it's
a spoiled rich kid problem.

And I really, REALLY hope that Molly isn't 70.  As a nearly-forty year
old, I would shudder to think about another 20 years of childbearing!
The WW doesn't age slower than the rest of the world, they live longer.
Harry and co. seem to go through puberty at the correct time, not in
their 30's.  If you were fertile into your 60's, that's a lot to ask of
a body!  Pardon me for not quoting chapter and verse, but IIRC Ron once
said something about "If we hadn't married Muggles, we would have died
out."  If you could have babies for over forty years, I don't think
dying out would be a problem!

Pat, who is way too old for this...