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<<Andrea:
So if Harry's grandparent was a second cousin to Molly, that would make Harry 
and Ginny fifth cousins.

MaggieB;
Sorry to nitpick here, but if I've understood the relationships you have 
mapped out, Harry and Ginny would be second cousins once removed.>>

Sorry. Both off a bit. Each paired generation from the original connection 
makes a degree (1st, 2nd) of cousinship, and each additional generation on 
only one side makes the removes. 

For Molly to have a second cousin at all her grandparent and that of her 
second cousin had to have been siblings. The "cousin" path goes;

>From Molly's position: 
Original sibs = Both cousins' grandparents 
1st cousins = Both cousins' parents
2nd cousins = Molly and Squib accountant-presumably either Mr or Mrs Evans
3rd cousins = Ginny and Lilly Evans Potter/Petunia Evans Dursley
------------   = Harry Potter/Dudley Dursley

Harry and Dudley would be Ginny's 3rd cousins once removed.

Which beggs the question since Harry's Evans grandparents are presumably 
dead, or the Dursleys would have shunted Harry off to live with them and they 
would not have made a fuss over his magic, while Molly's second cousin sounds 
as if s/he is still alive and working as an accountant.

-JOdel