marriage in families and WW generations

[carin_in_oh]

No: HPFGUIDX 86855

> I, Carin <aldhelm at e...> wrote:
> > snip < 
> Cousin marriages were normal among the Muggle landed classes in
> Britain into the 19th century. >>>
> 

And Linnea replied:
> 
> Pre-arranged marriages aside, think of Hagrid's parents for a minute.
> 
> Love is, after all, where you find it.

And I reply in turn:

Hey, by "normal" I didn't mean "obligatory for everyone", just common enough 
in certain classes not to be surprising if we find it in a family tree, or 
if we hypothesize that such a match might have been envisioned for some of our favorite and least favorite cousins.

Carin