Not All Weasley's are Weasley's

[jelly92784]

No: HPFGUIDX 101971

This is an interesting idea, any thoughts on what happened to their 
mother?


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "snow15145" <snow15145 at y...> 
wrote:
> Snow previously:
> > I'm sorry but I dont understand your reply to my post? The main
> idea was that the Weasley twins are really the Prewett twins. As far
> as the names representation, along with my theory, I have one:
> > Fred and George Prewett...F&G... and Fabian and Gideon
> Prewett...F&G.
> 
> 
> Mandy replied: 
> But why change their name from Prewett to Weasley? If it was to hide
> them wouldn't someone in the WW would know that there were two
> Prewetts boys who would have been about 2 years old at the time of 
LV
> fall? I just don't know if something like that could be kept secret
> from two boys as precocious as Fred and George. It seems to me that
> someone would have let the cat of the bag by now.
> 
> Intersting idea though.
> 
> Mandy
> 
> Snow again:
> As far as changing the name I don't think it was meant to hide the 
> boys as much as protect them from the knowledge that their father 
was 
> killed by Voldemort. If the boys grew up knowing that this was what 
> happened to their father they may have set out early-on to avenge 
> their father's death. Also, this name change would mean that Molly 
> would be spared of having to keep the memory of what happened to 
her 
> (probably brother) alive. 
> 
> As far as who knew about the twin's real father, I would think that 
> anyone who knew the Weasley's back then would honor their secrecy 
> over the tragic matter. Also, something that Arthur said to the 
kids 
> at the Quidditch World Cup just after they saw the dark mark, led 
me 
> to believe that he possibly experienced his(Prewett)death first 
hand.
>  
> GOF Pg. 142 "Ron, You-Know-Who and his followers sent the Dark Mark 
> into the air whenever they killed," said Mr. Weasley. "The terror 
it 
> inspired
you have no idea, you're too young. Just picture coming 
home 
> and finding the Dark Mark hovering over your house, and knowing 
what 
> you're about to find inside
" Mr. Weasley winced. "Everyone's worst 
> fear
 the very worst
"
> 
> This could mean that the Prewett brother was possibly living with 
> them at the time, or at least the twins were being taken care of by 
> Molly, while their father was at work for the Order. With all of 
the 
> other children they had, not many would question whom the twins 
> actually belonged to. Molly and Arthur weren't in the Order the 
first 
> time around and they live in a more country setting without 
neighbors 
> so I wouldn't think too many people would have questioned it. 
> The older boys Charlie and Bill would have been about 7 and 9 at 
the 
> time of Voldy's downfall but if the twins always pretty much lived 
> with them, and even if they were aware of the truth, they grew up 
> with the twins as their brothers and wouldn't have thought to say 
> anything, especially if Molly had forbidden them.
> Although we don't know when exactly the twins real father may have 
> died, I take it from what Mr. Weaseley said at the World Cup that 
it 
> may have been at the height of Voldemort's terror. This could mean 
> that the twins may have just been born.