There’s an accountant in the family…
The Weasleys were a pure-blood family stretching back generations, but they did have a relative that worked a Muggle job! As Ron briefly mentioned:
Yet, knowing that the Weasley family could have been considered one of the ‘Sacred Twenty-Eight’ (if they hadn’t rejected being part of something which aimed to maintain the ‘purity of their bloodlines’), we don’t think this relative was a Muggle. We think he was most likely a Squib!
Whose daughter was almost a key character
Speaking of the elusive Weasley accountant, J.K. Rowling revealed that she had originally planned for him and his Muggle wife to have a daughter that turned out to be a witch. Having grown up in Muggle society, her parents wanted to help her get acquainted with the wizarding world – sending her to The Burrow during the summer in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Unfortunately, Mafalda didn’t have the same charm as the other members of the family and was ‘the most unpleasant child Mrs Weasley has ever met’.
Nosy and interfering, she was planned to be a Slytherin that passed information to Harry, Ron and Hermione about the Death Eaters. However, with there being too many limitations about what an eleven-year-old at school could discover, Rita Skeeter was created to serve that purpose instead.
Which Weasley twin was born first
The Weasley twins were an inseparable pair but one of them did exist for a few minutes before the other was born! That twin? Fred Weasley! The louder and slightly more dominant of the two, this makes total sense to us.
Their legendary names
Whether it was intentional or not, there were many members of the Weasley family that had names which could be found in Arthurian legends. Obviously, there was Arthur – like the King Arthur who presided over Camelot and his round table of knights. One of his knights was called Percival – could that be where Percy’s name inspiration came from? Then there’s Ginny. Her first name, Ginevra, happens to be the Italian form of the name Guinevere – the famous queen of Arthurian legend. Finally, did you know that King Arthur had a spear called Rhongomynyad… like Ron? Food for thought…
George had two children
That’s right! After leaving Hogwarts, George ended up marrying fellow member of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, Angelina Johnson. As she had been Fred’s date to the Yule Ball, she was someone who knew just how wonderful George’s twin had been and that was probably a comfort to George. They ended up having two children, Fred and Roxanne.
Percy ended up as the head of a Ministry department
As one of the most ambitious members of the Weasley family, it won’t come as a surprise to learn that Percy’s career soon surpassed writing reports on the thickness of cauldron bottoms. He worked his way up the Ministry ladder until he became the Head of the Department of Magical Transportation. With everything from the Floo Network to Portkeys coming under his purview, it was certainly a big step up!
The Weasleys were related to the Blacks
It’s true, the Gryffindor family had ties to the Slytherin household with Sirius informing Harry that he and Molly were ‘cousins by marriage and Arthur’s something like my second cousin once removed’. This connection was thanks to the grandchild of Phineas Nigellus Black, Cedrella Black, marrying Septimus Weasley. However, while both were from pure-blood families, the members of the House of Black were furious that Cedrella married into a family of ‘blood traitors’. They cast her out and burnt her name out of the Black family tapestry too.
