OOtP: Aberforth Dumbledore?

[Suzanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 66656

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rowena_grunnionffitch" 
<rowena_grunnionffitch at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bambi_1919" 
<bambi_1919 at y...> 
> wrote:
> > I was re-reading the book, and concentrated on something that had 
> > nagged at me from the first run-through: when Harry and the DA 
meet 
> > for the first time in the Hog's Head, Harry looks at the 
bartender, 
> > who has, "long gray hair and beard," and thinks he looks vaguely 
> > familiar.  They never go back to that or clarify it...what if it 
is 
> > Aberforth Dumbledore?  The vague familiarity could be because of 
a 
> > family resemblance...any thoughts?  Am I just fishing?
> 
>    Ooh that's a thought! Mundungus' membership in the Order 
> demonstrates Dumbledore's interest in keeping a finger on the pulse 
> the the Wizardly underworld. Stationing his brother in the 
decidedly 
> dodgy Hog's Head might be a similar effort - or maybe just taking 
> advantage of his brother's unconventional lifestyle.
> 
>   It is likely we will be seeing the Hog's Head and its oddly 
> familiar bartender again in the next two books, hopefully all 
> questions will be answered eventually.

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We know that Aberforth was an original member of the OOtP, and 
Dumbledore mentions him once or twice.  But I seem to remember there 
being some question as to his loyalty to the Order in the end.  And 
when Dumbledore mentions that someone gave Voldemort info on the 
prophecy it was at the Hog's Head and then Umbridge finds out about 
the DA from the Hog's head as well.  Is it possible that Aberforth is 
on the side of LV?