[HPforGrownups] Harry & Hermione Siblings?

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 53478

Penny:
> But, let's say you don't trust Dumbledore.  How does Hermione's birthdate (Sept > 19th ......either 1979 or 1980) play into this scenario?  Keep in mind that 
> Harry was born 31 July 1980.   You'd have to assume that Hermione was born in 
> Sept 1979, and that Lily was pregnant again scarcely 6 weeks later.  Not 
> impossible........but ......er.........not all that likely really.

Taryn responded:

> Actually, don't females have a few months after a birth when they can't become 
> pregnant? Unless Diana Gabaldon has led me astray in her novels! ;) Correct me 
> if I'm wrong, though.

Hmm, well before I give my thoughts on the matter we'll have our daily biology lesson. :)  *If* a woman is not nursing her baby, fertility generally returns between two and six weeks after giving birth.  So technically speaking, in some instances it is humanly possible to become pregnant two weeks after giving birth.  So six weeks would not be that unusual.  Not necessarily that wise, but if one is in a hurry, it is possible.  (If a woman *is* nursing fertility is usually, but not always, delayed six months.)

Now, back on topic here, technically speaking if indeed Hermione was born September 19, 1979, Harry could have been born to the same mother July 31, 1980.  But I don't quite see the connection.  Other than the fact that we don't know much about Hermione's parents, the Grangers (other than that they are Muggles and dentists), and very little about the rest of her family, there isn't much to go on.  It does make one wonder, though, how a family of Muggles so readily acknowledges that their child is a witch and goes off to school someplace they can't even visit.  Not to mention that (first year aside) she doesn't even go home at Christmas.  If she is indeed an only child, that's rather odd.  For parents to so willingly let go of their child.  Even if she's not an only child, and they have a house full of children, it's still strange.  Of course, if they knew the child they were raising would one day be "taken" and were prepared, that would be different.

I have my doubts, though, for one reason it's (to quote JKR on another possibility) "rather Star Wars" isn't it?  Luke/Leia; Harry/Hermione?

It just doesn't add up.  Though I would like to know more about Hermione's family.  I wonder why Harry isn't more curious?  I guess he's got his fill of Muggles as it is.

Richelle


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