Why is Draco an only child?

[suehpfan]

No: HPFGUIDX 126999


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, laurie goudge 
<parisfan_ca at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- Emma Hawkes wrote:
> > Given his family's obsession with bloodlines, why is
> > Draco an only child?
> 
>  
> I always chalked it up to that the Malfoys considered
> it too 'common' to breed like little rabbits, like the
> Weasleys and therefore just had one kid.
> 
> That is MHO,
> 
> Laurie

Sue perks up and wanders in for a minute...This has always bothered 
me too.  I find it interesting that not only the Malfoys but also the 
Crouchs have only one child.  Maybe there is a problem in some 
families with fertility because they are simply too inbred?  Perhaps 
it is because they are so self centered they choose to have only one, 
as more than that would cut into their extra-curriculars.  Or maybe, 
like the Dursleys, they want to pour all of their energy into one 
child to be sure he is as obnoxious as possible.  Draco just wouldn't 
be Draco if he had to share his toys with someone else.

Sue(hpfan)...done pondering for the evening.