Petunia and Lily/Black sisters

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 168558

> Pam:
> I've never been able to find the answer to this question but my pet
> prediction is...They are TWINS.  Lily is the witch and Petunia a
> muggle, Lily get her letter and Petunia is left home alone after 11
> years and Petunia is bitter.
> 
> I can't figure out any other reason we don't know who is eldest. We
> know almost everyone else age except Lily and Petunia.


Jen:  Now this could be an interesting twist, shocking to Harry 
because they look and act nothing alike and he can be pretty literal 
about things.  It could explain the intense animosity Petunia feels 
for Lily if she felt abandoned by her rather than really thinking 
Lily was weird when they were 11.  Lily being 'abnormal' would then 
be the story Petunia started to tell herself when she and Lily parted 
ways as adults and especially once she met Vernon.  

You know, I'm still trying to accept Bella as the oldest Black 
sister.  Is that really, really definitive just because she was in 
line for GP?  I started to say maybe since Narcissa is married she 
wouldn't be eligible, then remembered Bella is married as well.  
Darn.  She acts so deferential to Narcissa in Spinner's End, just 
like a little sister in my opinion; maybe she's bowing to Narcissa's 
magical prowess and anger there.  Plus there's the problem of other 
info we have in the books about when Snape was in school and the 
Slytherin gang, etc. (Can't recall the whole argument.)  But...I 
can't imagine any benefit to the story for reversing the order in DH.

I'll turn my sights to hoping we get to see Andromeda before all this 
is over; she's been introduced and therefore wouldn't be considered a 
*new* character.  Technically.  Hey, I think it would work out age-
wise for Andromeda to have been at Hogwarts with Lily.  Maybe she was 
one of the girls by the lake? She could turn up at the Weasley 
wedding with Tonks/Remus and Harry will meet her.

Jen, pretty much giving up on figuring out birth order for siblings 
but likes the twin idea for Lily and Petunia.