Ron's dead brother

[seraphina_snape]

No: HPFGUIDX 85351

Mandy wrote (in response to the "missing Weasley brother" theory):

> First: Wouldn't we have seen the face of the dead boy appear as one 
> of the Boggart's transformations? Does anyone remember if we saw 
an 
> unidentified male pop-up dead on the floor? I don't think we did. 
> Doesn't mean it didn't happen before Harry entered the room though.
> 
> Second: Would that mean that Ron should be able to see the 
> Thestrals? What is the age gap between Ron and the missing boy? 
And 
> would Ron have been old enough to have experienced his brother's 
> death.

sera says: 
Question One: 
We wouldn't. Molly's first concern is her "current" family and those 
who she considers family. First of all, she worries about those, she 
might be in danger to lose, and after that she may remember the 
already lost. But before it can come to that, she's "rescued". 
Question Two:
The age gap between them might be six or seven years (probably more). 
I think the death of this brother would have occurred while Voldemort 
was still powerful (before 1981). Meaning that Ron couldn't possibly 
understand what was going on (he was still a baby then, maybe he 
wasn't even born yet). And even if one of the DE did it after Voldy's 
fall, he'd still be too young. A child of three or four may know 
about death, but not understand it. 
sera
PS: Of course, this is all my thinking, so feel free to object.