The Gap (was: Ginny: 7 of 7? (was Re: Charlie Weasley's age))

[urghiggi]

No: HPFGUIDX 80463

A coupla cold-water notes on the "Gap" discussion (just look on this as a 
little... ummmm... disillusionment charm?)

1. Fact: Children in biological families do not always look alike. This does not 
mean that mom was snogging the milkman.
2. Fact: Secondary infertility (inability to conceive after you've already have 
kids) does exist. Sometimes this is a physiological problem; sometimes it's 
stress-related. Sometimes it's a permanent problem; sometimes it's temporary, 
and after a hiatus, more kids end up being produced. Sometimes the reason 
for it is just plain mysterious and undetectable by medical science. But it 
happens. (Don't ask me how I know....)

So my admittedly dull interp of the whole Weasley Gap is that all the kids are 
the Weasley's bio-children, and that for whatever reason, they did not produce 
their family on a rigid schedule. I fear I'm a hopeless devotee of Occam's 
Razor -- which makes me unqualified for employment in the HPfGU Dept. of 
Wild Speculation :-)

OTOH, still perfectly capable of signing myself as one of ...
Harry Potter's loony grown-up fans

urghiggi, Chgo