Mother Molly (was: Some OOTP Questions)

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No: HPFGUIDX 125045


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> Julia:
> yes, it was an explanation I was looking for. Now that I think 
about  it it seems rather possible. But... If the Prewetts broter had 
> children where are their wives? Where are the mothers of the twins 
> and Ginny?

Potioncat:
Checking the dates as given by the Lexicon, it would be possible for 
the twins and Ginny to be Molly nephews and niece. And it wouldn't be 
unheard of for both a husband and wife to be killed. But I hope this 
isn't what JKR is doing. My reason is for a RL example, but one an 
author could make a mistake in. If Molly and Arthur took the three 
kids as their own kids, they wouldn't think of them as nephews and 
niece after 11 years. It might be what JKR is doing, but it is a 
mistake. 

On the other hand, I only have one other explanation: Ginny isn't old 
enough to count yet. And no one ever expected the twins to be in the 
running. They never wanted to be prefects, or pretended they didn't 
want to be perfects. It was still an unfortunate thing to say.

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