Not All Weasley's are Weasley's

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Snow wrote previous:<snip> 
JKR said in her web site under Extra stuff about the Weasley's: 
Before her marriage Mrs. Weasley was Molly Prewett. As you will note 
from chapter one, Philosopher's Stone, she has lost close family 
members to Voldemort. I have been unable to find such referencing in 
the Sorcerer's Stone version and would very much like to know what is 
quoted in Philosopher's Stone version about this statement.<snip> I 
have a feeling the twins are going to learn that they are Prewetts in 
book six and Molly's fear of them attempting to avenge their fathers 
death will become reality.

Dhyana replied:
The reference to the Prewetts is actually in Chapter 3 of SS. Hagrid 
tells Harry that Voldemort killed some of best witches and wizards of 
the age and then goes on to list: "The McKinnons, the Bones, the 
Prewetts" I don't think they are referenced other than that, though.

Snow:
Thanks, Dhyana, for the insight on this matter. The website read as 
if I was supposed to know that Molly was related to the Prewett's and 
I thought I really overlooked something or the U.S. version wasn't 
privy to the same facts as the Brittish Version. Possibly JKR thought 
that she had wrote a direct connection between the Prewetts and Molly 
or this was just one of those hidden clues on her website we were 
supposed to find.

Dhyana:
After reading that bit of info on the website, and then rereading 
OoP, I began to wonder if the Weasly children know they were related 
to G & F Prewett also.They are mentioned by Moody when he shows Harry 
the origional OoP picture and when the Death Eaters escaped from 
Azkaban we're told that Dolohov's picture has a caption saying that 
he was convicted of murdering G& F Prewett. Ron is sitting right 
there at the table when they discover this news, but seems to react 
to the news as a whole and not to any bit in particular. This is in 
contrast to Neville and Susan Bones, who either react to the news or 
to people's reactions to them. So either the Weasleys don't know they 
are related to the Prewetts, or are choosing to not to talk about it. 
I'm not sure what the is reason either way.

Snow:
Really nice observation; didn't think about that scene at all.

Dhyana:
It could be, like you said, that Molly is keeping that bit of 
information secret from the entire family, to keep the twins unaware 
of their heritage. But I still wonder about how Molly could keep her 
family history secret from the rest of her family. She would have to 
cut off all ties to her extended family. I guess they never went to 
visit Granny and Grandad Prewett (maybe they weren't around anyway, 
we don't know). You'd think that the kids would at least know their 
mother's maiden name, though. There has to be a good reason for it, 
I'm very curious to know what it is, and I think you're right, that 
we will probably find out more about the Prewetts in the next two 
books.

Snow:
Along with the fact that we are talking about boys taking an interest 
in family background curiosity, I think you're right that Granny and 
Grandad Prewett may well have been deceased, so there would be no 
need for anyone to question anything if Molly said she doesn't have 
any living relatives. I doubt that employment in the WW asks for your 
mother's maiden name.