The Weasleys' Muggle Cousin (Was Re: CHAPDISC: HBP5, An Excess of Phlegm)

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No: HPFGUIDX 144149

> hpfan_mom:
> 
> Page 99, Scholastic version, PS/SS:
> 
> "Are all your family wizards?" asked Harry, who found Ron just as 
> interesting as Ron found him.
> 
> "Er - yes, I think so," said Ron.  "I think Mom's got a second 
> cousin who's an accountant, but we never talk about him."

Alla:

Thank you  so much for this quote - I completely forgot about it.




hpfan_mom:
> Interesting . . . it's Molly's cousin who is the Muggle.  And 
Arthur 
> is totally infatuated with all things Muggle, to the point of 
trying 
> to make a career of it.  Meanwhile, Molly (presumably) denies him 
> access to this cousin -- I'm assuming that since the Prewetts were 
> pure-bloods it's the cousin who's been cut off for being out of 
> place, not the other way around.

Alla:

I am not sure if it means something significant or not ( I tend to 
agree with Sherry that it probably does not), but how do we know 
that Molly denies Arthur access to this cousin of hers?

Isn't it possible that they parted their ways for the reason other 
that their cousin  being a Squib? I guess, not likely, but what if 
they just did not like each other as people and did not want to stay 
in touch?

I grant you that ties between two worlds are not huge, but Arabella 
for example seems to have no problem to do work for Dumbledore and 
be in active contact ( sort of) with other Order Members).

Am I making sense? After all, they are family and if they wanted to 
stay in touch, I for some reason think they could. After all, many 
parents of muggleborn children do have some contacts with WW if for 
no other reason but to stay in touch with their kids, no?



hpfan_mom:
> Or maybe it's meant to alert us to the fact that even pureblood 
> families throw off Squibs (e.g., the worry about how Neville would 
> turn out).


Alla:

You could be right of course, but I just don't see Weasleys throwing 
out anybody, even Squibs.


Just my speculative opinion here,

Alla