Ginny---- Hermione/McGonagal similarities

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Ginny---I have always found JKR's portrayal of Ginny a bit strange, 
she always seems to act a lot younger than she is.  You always think 
of her as being very young, when in fact she is only a year younger 
than Harry, Hermione and Ron.  If you think about the way they act 
when they were her age it doesnt seem right;
 At the quidditch world cup, Mr Wealsey calls a halt to discussions 
at midnight {i think} because Ginny falls asleep at the table 
spilling her hot chocolate. 
 She always seems to be the one that ends up crying.  I wish i had my 
HP books with me right now but that would mean going all the way 
upstairs :P, so I cant come up with any more examples at the moment 
[sorry!!]
   

Hermione/Mcgonagal similarities--- It struck me that there is a few 
mentions that Hermione bares a striking resemblance to prof. McGonagal
at times (as i said i dont have my books with me at the moment!) IIRC,
Ron was badgering Hermione about how she was getting to all her 
classes when her timetable had her down for things at the same time, 
and he stopped instantly when he noticed that she had a look very 
reminiscent of McGonagal...hmmm I know there are more examples but 
cant come up with them now (but whats the bets as soon as i post this 
I'll think of them!) They also seem to have quite similar 
personalities.  Now this could just be JKR describing a character, 
but I like to think they might be blood relatives (however distant) 
after all she is muggle born and I'm sure there has to be a distant 
connection to a wizard/witch if there is magic in the blood. Maybe 
that even solves the question of how her parents got to Diagon Alley 
and platform 9 3/4. Well it might be far fetched but you never know 
these things!
-Mary ;¬)