Lily NOT related to the Weasleys

[Linda]

No: HPFGUIDX 56408

    I wrote:

> > Is it just 
> > coincidence that Lily, like the entire Weasley family, has red 
hair? 

   Kel wrote:

>If that were the case, wouldn't Arthur have acted somewhat more 
familiar
> with Petunia, at least, if she and her sister (and her parents) 
were
> related to him?
> 
> I say Arthur, bc I am assuming it is from him all the kids have 
the red
> hair. But I suppose the cousin could be Molly's....
> 
> Ron might not know too much about this "distant cousin", but I'd 
be a bit
> suprised if Arthur knew nothing about him/her.
 
 Now me again:

    I see your point. However, I do have a couple of rebuttals to 
your reasoning. First of all there is no cannon at all (that I can 
recall anyway) to tell us what color Molly's hair is, red or 
otherwise. ( If I'm wrong on that please let me know.) It could 
easily be the same as the rest of the family. Although I do wonder 
why it wouldn't be mentioned, but I'm getting off my point.

 
     More germain to the issue, however, is the difference in ages 
between Molly and Lily. Molly's cousin could easily be old enough to 
by Lily and Petunia's grandparent. Large families often have a large 
age spread from the oldest child to the youngest and perhaps the 
cousin in question was the daughter/son of an aunt that was quite a 
bit older than her mother. Further, if the cousin was female, it 
would have very easy to lose track of her once she married and took 
muggle name. It seems to me that it would be next to impossible to 
track all her children considering their lack of interaction with 
the muggle world in general, especially since any daughters she had 
would again take on another muggle name (probably) upon marrying. 
Add to that one more generation to get to Lily and Petunia and the 
task becomes even more difficult.  Molly could be related to Harry 
and not know about it. I have six cousins that live in the same 
state I do(one of the smaller states at that) and I don't know 
anything about the lives they lead, who they are married to, any 
children they might have or even their addresses- and we are all 
muggles( at least I think we are).

        Just some more to think about.

                 Linda