[HPforGrownups] Re: Charlie Weasley's age

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 77623

Lee wrote:
> 
> But this doesn't include Ginny either, what about her? What if she 
> becomes a Prefect? I think Molly was just being Zealous about Ron's 
> badge that day, but still, its almost like Ginny's presence is almost 
> an after thought. I don't know, that just sort of stood out to me. O.o

I've wondered about that, too.  I can see why Molly wouldn't count 
Fred and George, since it was obvious that they could never be 
prefects.  But Ginny?  It seems at least as plausible as Ron.  Is 
Molly's statement supposed to suggest that Ginny is not really part of 
the family, perhaps that she is adopted?  It seems highly unlikely; 
Bill and Charlie would surely be old enough to know, if she were.  And 
she surely looks like a Weasley.

But then why did Molly forget her only daughter?  I guess she must 
have meant "That's everyone in the family so far", but that just 
doesn't sound right.  "That's everyone in the family" sounds so final, 
as if there are no more to come.

Is a puzzlement.