Padma Patil

* Ron Weasley (husband, alternate reality)
* Panju Weasley (son, alternate reality)

**Padma Patil** is a canonical Indian-British witch and Hogwarts student sorted into Ravenclaw, where she became a prefect in 1995. She and her identical twin sister Parvati Patil were in the same year as Harry Potter, were members of Dumbledore's Army and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts.

## Canonical information

Main article: **Padma Patil** at *The Harry Potter Wiki*
In the movies, since their actors were not twins, Padma was placed in Gryffindor in order to make her connection to Parvati more obvious.

Padma attended Hogwarts during the 1997/98 school year, so she must have been either a pure-blood or a half-blood. Also, her parents pulled her out of school when they heard about Dumbledore's death, so they were clearly aware of what happened in Magical Britain.

She was of age to take the Apparition test on 21 April, 1997, so her birthday must have been on or before that date.

Padma was Ron's date to the Yule Ball of 1994.

### Physical appearance

In 1994, Padma and her sister were described by Dean Thomas as "the two best-looking girls in the year". They have dark eyes and long dark hair. Parvati usually wore her hair in a plait and Padma may have done likewise.

During their Hogwarts years, both sisters were commonly seen wearing silver necklaces with the letter "P" hanging from the chains around their necks and over their ties.

## Non-canonical information

### Parents

Since the parents of Padma and Parvati are never mentioned in canon, they have received various names in fanfiction. Here are some:

### *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*

In this story Padma is a pure-blood, her full name is Padma Ashanti Patil (after her mother) and her birthday is given as 19 April, 1980; she was born in India, but has lived in Southall, London, since at least early 1986. The Patil family has been allied to the Potters since at least the 1970s, possibly longer, and Padma was betrothed to Harry when she was about a year old. During the Christmas break of 1992, Harry was emancipated and became Lord Potter, activating the betrothal contract, and moved to private quarters together with Hermione; he offered for Padma to move in there as well, and her father agreed for her, thinking that – given that another contract of Harry's was for a veela – she would need any advantage she could get.

Padma and Parvati had always been very close, refusing to use separate bedrooms when at home and, after being separated at Hogwarts, even occasionally sleeping in the same bed when they returned home. When they were eleven, they started experimenting with kissing, and eventually fondling, each other, and Parvati also did the same with Lavender Brown. After Padma's engagement to Harry was announced, Parvati admitted that she was jealous – of her sister, but most of all of Harry! – causing Padma to suggest she might be able to join them. When Parvati couldn't see their father allowing that, and complained about being forced to become a second wife in order to continue the Patil line, Padma instead suggested she should share a joint husband with Lavender.

### Minor appearances

* In *Cauterize*, she is said to have been scarred by some dark curse or other during the Battle of Hogwarts, her chin and lower lip afterwards being "twisted and gnarled".

## References

1. ↑ "World Exclusive Interview with J K Rowling," *South West News Service*, 8 July 2000 - "Hogwarts just serves Britain and Ireland."
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 11
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 22
4. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 8
5. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 16
6. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 6
7. ↑ *Cauterize*, Chapter 1