Harry and Neville: Brothers?

[arcum42]

No: HPFGUIDX 86866

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67"
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> Derek:
> Okay, a bizarre thought just hit me.  With all the emphasis on
> twins in the HP books, and with both Harry and Neville born on
> the same day, is there any chance they are twins, and that fact
> is being hidden from them?
>  
> I've no canon to support this, of course, but it would certainly
> be an interesting twist...
>  
> Serena: 
> It doesn't say they were born on the same day in canon, only they 
> were both born towards the end of July.
> 
> Carol: 
> Also Harry closely resembles his father but has his mother's eyes,
> whereas Neville resembles his mother (even Lucius Malfoy, who's
> never met him, is able to identify him on the spot because of that
> resemblance). <snip>. There's no need for literal brotherhood or
> blood relationships here. The parallels and the contrasts are what
>  matter.

Besides, I really don't think JKR really would have put in the
possibility of Harry having been called "Harry Longbottom" if things 
had gone differently... ^_-
--Arcum