Respecting the Dursleys (and other family connections)

[Nate Hennessey]

No: HPFGUIDX 159561

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Rick & LeAnn Kelley" 
Anders wrote:
(In the same way, it never made sense to me that Molly
> Weasley's Prewitt brothers were killed by LV, but her children made 
no
> mention of a family connection to them.)  Did JKR just decide not 
to devote
> the time it would take to explain the family ties, or is there some 
reason
> why those connections were hush-hush?  

With the Prewett brothers' deaths, I was under the impression
that Molly, Arthur and the elder two Weasley boys, Bill and Charlie,
were keeping something under wraps from the younger children. 

I read a post somewhere that
suggested that Arthur's enemity to Lucius was because Lucius had
cast, or been involved in casting, Imperius on Arthur, something 
which caused Arthur to betray his family. This post was written some 
time ago, when there was a rumour running that there had been an 
extra Weasley child in the (rather sizaeable) age gap between Charlie 
and Percy, who had somehow died. I think that the same theory could 
be used to purport that Arthur unwittingly betrayed the Prewett 
brothers. IT IS a longshot, but an interesting one at that. Recall 
that Ron was rather susceptible to forms of mind control - the 
imperius in Barty Crouch Jnr's class in GoF and to the Veela powers 
of Fleur Delacour. Also that Bill seems rather protective of Arthur.

Link is here: 
http://www.theennead.com/elkins/hp/archives/000128.html

An interesting talking point if nothing else, Cheers, Nate.