I really don't think they're supposed to look that much alike, not so much that it's visible to someone who doesn't know about the relationship. Some siblings do, and some don't;
This could perhaps be also my minds eye on the situation. It has been my personal observation through knowing several sets of siblings who have the same mother but different fathers that there is consistantly a similarity around the eyes, nose, mouth build which marks tehm out to me as, if not brothers and sister then cousins.. so I could be transposing that experience into the books.
When I say "give the game away" I mean through general commentary. all it would take is Ebenezar to get chatting about the pentagram necklace he wears, or if he uses a less specific searching spell (e.g. Show me my grand son's where abouts...) or even if he uses the link between his own blood and Harrys' to try and find Harry, which will inevitably link him to Thomas. So there are a number of ways that the cat can be released..
But I am with you that Harry is more likely to tell Thomas who his grandfather is than tell "Blackstaff of the white council" who his grandson is.. but you never know, there is always room for a meal at MacNally's and a "family discussion".
I was and still am, seriously in awe of Margaret's abilities though. It apears that she was abole to carry and give birth to Thomas completely off the radar of every major magical power known, (i have often wondered if this is where her association with the sidhe started). I mean so far it apears that the majority of the White Council have no idea (although I suspect that Watcher and Injun Joe may have an inkling... ) And to keep the Vampire courts from knowing is truely impressive indeed. The vamp courts deal in secrets and political intregue the same way we deal in weapons, to not have this as "common knowledge" must have been epically hard to do.
This is why i seriously enjoy JB's writing, he puts miles and miles of political intregue into a book that is half the size of Game of Thrones :D.
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This could perhaps be also my minds eye on the situation. It has been my personal observation through knowing several sets of siblings who have the same mother but different fathers that there is consistantly a similarity around the eyes, nose, mouth build which marks tehm out to me as, if not brothers and sister then cousins.. so I could be transposing that experience into the books.
When I say "give the game away" I mean through general commentary. all it would take is Ebenezar to get chatting about the pentagram necklace he wears, or if he uses a less specific searching spell (e.g. Show me my grand son's where abouts...) or even if he uses the link between his own blood and Harrys' to try and find Harry, which will inevitably link him to Thomas. So there are a number of ways that the cat can be released..
But I am with you that Harry is more likely to tell Thomas who his grandfather is than tell "Blackstaff of the white council" who his grandson is.. but you never know, there is always room for a meal at MacNally's and a "family discussion".
I was and still am, seriously in awe of Margaret's abilities though. It apears that she was abole to carry and give birth to Thomas completely off the radar of every major magical power known, (i have often wondered if this is where her association with the sidhe started). I mean so far it apears that the majority of the White Council have no idea (although I suspect that Watcher and Injun Joe may have an inkling... ) And to keep the Vampire courts from knowing is truely impressive indeed. The vamp courts deal in secrets and political intregue the same way we deal in weapons, to not have this as "common knowledge" must have been epically hard to do.
This is why i seriously enjoy JB's writing, he puts miles and miles of political intregue into a book that is half the size of Game of Thrones :D.