Half-blood Squibs? / Weasley cousin

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No: HPFGUIDX 40385

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "mullsym255" <tracym255 at a...> wrote:

> 
> And another thing that has always bothered me.. forgive me, because 
I 
> lent my books to a friend, but I believe Molly or perhaps Ron makes 
> reference to a cousin who was a squib and ends up being an 
> accountant? And that the family "doesn't speak of him". Why is 
this? 
> The Weasleys strike me as incredibly tolerant and accepting people 
> and Arthur obviously seems to have a fondness for muggles. So why 
> would they shun a member of the family who happened to be a squib? 
> Or is it that this cousin chose to exclude himself from the family? 
> 

I don't have PS here also, but I remember the dialogue fairly well. 
It takes place between Ron and Harry, on the train to Hogwarts. Harry 
asks Ron if all his family are wizards, and Ron replies that they 
have a second cousin who's an accountant. The term 'squib' is not 
mentioned at all (we only learn of it in CoS). I always saw this as 
a bit of sly humour regarding accountants, certainly not reflecting 
any basic intolerance in the Weasleys.


Naama