Harry and Hermione being siblings...

[Fred Waldrop]

No: HPFGUIDX 53567

Hello all, Fred here;(from message 53520)
Well, I have stated in the past that I believe H/H are brother & 
sister.... (snip)
But I feel I have a differing of opinion than others in here. Not 
only do I believe they are brother & sister, but I think they were 
born on the same day. That's right, I think they are twins. Maybe not 
identical twins, but twins all the same.
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Calliope wrote (message 53523);
Now that "would" be interesting, wouldn't it? So what that they don't 
have the same birthday. One or the other of their birthdates could be 
fudged (I say Hermione's.) 
I think, though, that if they were twins, Hermione would have been 
hidden at birth, not at the time of Voldemort's defeat. Especially if 
there were a prophecy that James Potter's child would defeat 
Voldemort...they'd want them separated as much as possible.
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Fred again;
I agree with you with them being separated at birth, it would make 
sence. If Volie was to hear about the "prediction" of "J & L 
Potters 'child' will stop/kill" him, and seeing he would not know of 
their being two children born, even if one is killed, maybe the 
unknown second would still compleat the prediction.
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Calliope again;
If she weren't "hidden" until the Potters died, then Sirius, Lupin, 
etc would know about her, and they would have dropped *some* kind of 
hint by now.
Unless Lupin knew, and that's why he didn't let Hermione fight the 
boggart in class, for the same reason he didn't let Harry fight it - 
he thought it would be Voldemort.
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Fred once more;
This part is a little more tricky IMO. One the one hand I would think 
she was "hidden" as quickly as possible, even if she was, James and 
Lily might still tell their closest friends so the could keep an eye 
out on each, just in case.
But then, they might think they were safe because of the charm in 
place, but still made some arrangments to have them seperated if 
anything bad did happen. And this would also explain why the 
birthdays are diferant. Because if you are looking for twins, why 
would you think they were born months apart? In other words, by 
changing the birthdates, it makes it even harder to find them.
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Penny Linsenmayer writes (Message 53528);
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..... 
..(snip)> 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...
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Fred again;
As I said above, the birthdays could have easily been changed. As a 
matter of fact, it would only make sence to change one of them. This 
way, if you are looking for twins born on July 31 and only find one 
child, who would think of looking for another child born Sept. 19?
And as for "There's just nothing in her appearance to foreshadow a 
biological relationship to the Potters...", my mother has blond hair 
& blue yes, my father, brown hair, brown eyes. Me, I have reddish 
blond hair and green/hazel eyes (they change colors from blue, green 
to light brown, or a combination of all, according to my mood). Does 
this mean I need to do some DNA test? Not everyone looks like a 
mirror image of their families. But Hermione, IMO, does look like 
Harrt, at least some, both have dark hair and both have problems with 
hair management.
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karywick wrote (Message 53535) 
Okay I teach biology. So I know that genetically there's no problem 
with the birth dates being close together, the hair color or texture 
or the eye colors....(snip)...human hair color and eye color is 
controlled by many genes and they the have a type of inheritance that 
is both multifactorial and incoplete domininance.
<snip>I'm a bit curious why no one has ever mentioned the other 
thought running through my head. Maybe it's because no one wants to 
sully James reputation.
What about Harry and Hermione as half siblings? Isn't there hints 
somewhere in canon (besides Snape - which I wouldn't give a lot of 
credence to considering the biased bitterness of the source) that 
James was not always the perfect angel? Maybe he fathered Hermione a 
little before Harry. We don't know how long Lily and James were 
married before Harried was begat?
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Fred Once more;
Hummm, Half siblings..... James fathers 2 children with 2 differant 
women.... It is truly prossible and it could/would explain the 
birthday differance (although I still think they are twins, but I 
might be wrong). If, say James had a bachelor party, or went to one 
of someone elses, and things get out of hand, and the consiquence is 
a baby born out of wed lock. Or any number of other reasons.
Lots of things can happen, and just look at how many theorize about 
what each and every person "might" do, and who will JKR introduce 
next, ect. But OH BOY, is it fun!!!!!!!!!

Fred Waldrop