Half-blood Squibs? / Weasley cousin

[dicentra63]

No: HPFGUIDX 40394

> --- 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? 
> > 
Naama replies:

I always saw this as 
> a bit of sly humour regarding accountants, certainly not reflecting 
> any basic intolerance in the Weasleys.

The other edge of the humor is the parallel with the Dursleys: they
don't talk about Lily, either, because of her embarrassing "condition." 

--Dicentra