New contender for prophecy(was: Neville and the Prophecy )

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 102783

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This reminds me, something just popped into my head about the
prophecy as I was rereading OotP last night, but I don't have the
book here today to check it. Voldemort knew there was a boy, born at
a certain time, to parents who had thwarted him 3 times, who would
eventually have the power to vanquish him. So, he went after both
the Longbottoms and the Potters. 

Karen: 
I know I'm taking this out of the context that you meant, but this 
had something popping into my head that I've wondered about before. 
What if there is someone else that Voldemort has in mind for the 
prophecy as well.  

THE ONE WITH THE POWER TO VANQUISH THE DARK LORD APPROACHES....BORN 
TO THOSE WHO HAVE THRICE DEFIED HIM, BORN AS THE SEVENTH MONTH DIES...

If this is all that was known to Voldemort then he doesn't know the 
sex of the child in question. In the book Dumbledore does say 
"He heard only the first part, the part foretelling the birth of a 
boy in July to parents who had thrice defied Voldemort. Consequently, 
he could not warn his master that to attack you would be to risk 
transferring power to you --again marking you as his equal"

AND THE DARK LORD WILL MARK HIM AS HIS EQUAL,

For Voldemort to know that he was looking for a male child he had to 
know he would mark that child, but we know that part wasn't overheard.

Dumbledore knows that the prophecy is about a male child and so he 
tries to protect the male. My theory is that we may be hearing about  
a female child also born at the end of July with another set of 
parents who have defied the Dark Lord three times.  If the theory 
that Voldemort planned to kill both Harry and Neville then there 
could be yet another child out there that is in danger that we 
haven't heard about yet.
Maybe Susan Bones.
Just a thought, 
Karen