[HPforGrownups] Re: OoP: Chapter Sixteen (Minor Spoiler)

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 63931

jmgarciaiii wrote:
> 
> I'm also quite curious about the relationship between the Brothers
> Dumbledore. For some odd reason, I see Aberforth as the equivalent
> of Mycroft Holmes.

At one point Dumbledore expresses doubt that his brother can read. 
While he could have been joking, it would fit perfectly with his brother
as landlord of the Hog's Head.