Ron's dead brother

[Kelly]

No: HPFGUIDX 85502

The Sergeant Majorette says
>>Am I the only person that *doesn't* find that age gap odd? Most 
of the nuclear units in my extended family are configured like that>>

A valid point. I have 3 siblings myself, and the one closest to me in 
age (my sister) is 16 years older than I. My mother didn't give birth 
to any still borns during that time frame, nor did she miscarry. In 
her case she had simply intended on having no more children after my 
sister was born. My birth was simply unplanned. 

I think it's plausible that Mr. and Mrs. Weasley faced the same 
situation in which they were happy with the children they had, but 
just ended up having more children than they planned. Admittedly it 
is quite a few unplanned pregnancies, but it's still a possiblity. 
After all, sometimes the simplest explanation is the correct one.

Kelly