Ron's dead brother

[yolandacarroll]

No: HPFGUIDX 85377

Anne wrote:
<snip>
> I don't think this is likely though.  The Weasleys strike me as the 
type 
> that would at least have a picture of a dead son displayed in their 
home, 
> rather than trying to completely erase his memory.  We haven't seen 
any such 
> picture, or anything else indicating that this may be the case.


I too would have expected one of the Weasleys to mention him by now.
They're a pretty brave and practical group.  I'm not trying to 
trivialze the pain of losing a child or a sibling, but I don't see 
why we wouldn't have seen or heard something about him at some point.


JJPandy's wrote in 85336:
>At what age is a child old enough to experience the death of someone
>so that they can see the Theastrals? Harry was one year old and
>present at his mother's murder, yet he did not see the Theastrals
>until after he saw Cedric die. Does this mean that you have to be
>old enough to understand that a death has occurred?

Regarding, Ron and the Thestrals, I thought someone had to see 
someone die.  For example, Harry saw Cedric die right in front of him.
Harry may not have seen his mother die.  He remembers her voice and a 
flash of green light, but we don't know if Harry actually saw her 
blasted by AK.

Yolanda