Were the Longbottom's in Hiding too?

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 170110

Tandra:
> This just came to me and I don't remember if it was stated in any of
> the books but since DD had heard the prophecy and knew it could have
> been one of the two families were the Longbottom's hidden too? Did
> they have a secret keeper? Was this mentioned anywhere?

Ceridwen:
I don't have an answer, but I've thought about this, too.  I would 
think that both couples and their children were hidden in some way.  
The Potters only chose a Secret Keeper a week before they died, when 
Harry was fifteen months old.  They were in hiding in some other way 
(or with a different SK) before then.

The Longbottoms may have been in hiding, too, or they may have had to 
forego hiding due to their jobs.  Both Frank and Alice were Aurors.  
We do know that James had money from his parents, which may have made 
fifteen months of hiding feasable, but we don't know about the 
Longbottoms' finances.

Ironically, the Longbottoms were attacked some time after LV 
disappeared, thus putting both Prophecy couples out of commission and 
both possible Prophecy boys into the care of relatives.

Ceridwen.