[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry & Hermione Siblings?

[Penny Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 53528

Hi --

RE: Harry and Hermione being twins -- um.........but JKR herself has said that Hermione's birthday is Sept 19th and that Harry's birthday is July 31st.  In other words, I think the canon directly contradicts this theory.  And, if they *were* twins, why would the Potters have separated them?  This sounds very far-fetched to me.

It is definitely possible that Hermione could be born Sept 1979 and Harry in July 1980..........but I think that's highly unlikely really.  It's a push biologically speaking for one thing.  But, more importantly, I can't see why they would have hidden Hermione in a muggle home and left their son in the line of Voldemort's fire.  Doesn't add up.

Sen asked:

<<<<I do think however, that some of the professors know 
about Harry & Hermione (if in fact it is true). In COS when 
McGonagall comes to get Harry and says "yes I suppose you should come 
too Weasley". If she was merely coming to get Hermiones *friends* to 
let them know, why exclude Ron? Ron is *obviously* one of Hermione's 
running buddies.>>>>>>>>>

Well, Harry was right in her sight.  She'd just told the entire Gryffindor Quidditch team that the match was cancelled.  Since Ron detached himself from the crowd and joined Harry, there would have been no need to go looking for him........though McGonagall might well have been planning to do that if Ron *hadn't* joined them.   

Re: genetics.  Yes, it's possible that weird things can happen genetically.  James has black hair and unknown color of eyes.  Lily has dark red hair and green eyes.  Harry got Lily's eyes, but otherwise is a carbon copy of James.  Hermione has brown hair and brown eyes.  There's just nothing in her appearance to foreshadow a biological relationship to the Potters, and JKR could easily have foreshadowed such a relationship.  Imagine...........

Hagrid: "Well, you do look the image of your father, Harry, except for the eyes. You got yer mother's eyes.  Yer dad had brown eyes..........like Hermione's there."  

Not hard to drop in a relatively inocuous clue!  But, there's just nothing canonically to suggest such relationship, and the fact that children in the Potterverse seem to bear a strong resemblance to their parents suggests that there is no biological relationship between Harry and Hermione or Hermione would have a different appearance (or James' eye color would be suggested at the very least).  

Penny



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