Do Wizards get to choose which animal their Patronus will be? If they don't get to choose, what determines their Patronus animal? EDIT - I didn't recall that there were any duplicate animals among the ones that were mentioned.
Answer
There is no indication in the books that a conscious decision is made. We see a significant number of students find their Patronus throughout the series, none of whom are noted as making a decision. There are also cases of duplicates - both James and Harry Potter are noted as having a stag as their Patronus, for instance, and Snape and Lily share a doe Patronus.
The closest indication we get of significance in the Patronus itself, other than some unconscious desire, is animagi - the two cases where we see both form and Patronus, they are identical: James Potter and Professor McGonnagal.
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