Petunia and Lily/Black sisters

[Donna]

No: HPFGUIDX 168570

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at ...> wrote:
>
> > 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.  
> 





Thanks for the input.  I never really thought of fraternal twins. Good
idea.  I was just thinking along the lines that if Petunia was
younger, her 11th birthday would have been the worse day of her life
after her older sister gets all the praise of being a witch.  And if
she was older, then it would be the older sister jealousness of the
younger sister.  The first scenerio would be more devestating to her
and emotionally scar her more, I would think.

But twins would be a nice twist.  They did have their first child at
about the same time.

I was reading some interviews with JKR and she stated that Harry was a
m-blood because of his mother's grandparents.  HUH.  How would that
work?  The only thing I can figure out is that his grandmother, Lily's
mom was a muggle and she married a squib since Petunia is not a squib.  
Then Harry's mom would have the gene for wizardary and she would be
praised highly in her family, esp. by her squib Dad.

Just some thoughts

Donna