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"My father told me all the Weasleys have red hair, freckles, and more children than they can afford."
Draco Malfoy on the Weasley family[src]

Weasley is the surname of a pure-blood family (though the most recent generation has many non-pureblood members)[1]Their names are Ginny, Ron, Fred, George, Percy, Charlie, Bill, Molly, & Arthur Weasley. The Weasleys are related to many other wizarding families, including the Blacks, Prewetts, Longbottoms, Crouches[2], Delacours, and Potters, as well as the Muggle Granger family. All members of the Weasley family (except one: brother of Septimus Weasley) [3] are red-haired and sorted into Gryffindor house upon attendance of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

The family home, known as the Burrow, is located just outside Ottery St. Catchpole, in Devon, England. The Weasleys live near other magical families such as the Diggory, Fawcett, and Lovegood families.[4]

When Harry Potter befriended Arthur and Molly Weasley's youngest son, Ronald Weasley, the Weasleys became a second family to Harry. The Burrow became Harry's home away from home (he only resided with the Dursley family out of necessity), and Arthur and Molly served as de facto godparents in Sirius Black's absence.

Recent family history

"The Death Eaters know Ron's with you now, they're bound to target the family -- don't apologise. It was always a matter of time, Dad's been saying so for months. We're the biggest blood traitor family there is."
Bill Weasley to Harry Potter in 1998[src]
Theburrow

The Burrow.

The Weasleys, unlike many other pure-blood families, willingly associate with Muggles, Muggle-borns, and half-bloods and do not consider themselves superior to others because of their blood status. Thus, elitist pure-blood families such as the Malfoys and the Blacks consider them "blood traitors" and treat them with disdain; Cedrella Black was even disowned by her family for marrying Septimus Weasley[2]. The Weasleys' views led to their support to the Order of the Phoenix and Dumbledore's Army during the Second Wizarding War. During the height of the latter conflict, the Weasleys were placed under surveillance by the Voldemort-controlled Ministry of Magic because they were "blood traitors," and eventually had to go into hiding. The Weasleys took part in the Battle of Hogwarts. During the battle Fred Weasley was killed, deeply upsetting the rest of the family. [5]

The Weasleys tended to have large numbers of children; an unusual trait for wizarding families, according to Draco Malfoy[4]. The most recent generations of Weasleys have been considered poor by wizarding standards[6]; their vault at Gringotts Wizarding Bank only contained a small pile of Sickles and a single Galleon as of 1992[7].

Weasley Family at Egypt

The Daily Prophet showing the Weasleys in Egypt in 1993.

This likely changed with the great commercial success of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes and the successful careers of various family members. By the twenty-first century, many Weasleys and their relatives worked for the Ministry of Magic, including Arthur Weasley, Percy Weasley, Ron Weasley and his brother-in-law Harry Potter as Aurors, and Hermione Weasley née Granger high up in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement[8].

For several generations, only boys were born into the family, until the birth of Ginny Weasley.[9] This trend ended with the grandchildren of Arthur and Molly, who include more girls than boys.

Family members

Molly and Arthur Weasley's family

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The twins, Ron and Ginny in 1995.

Arthur Weasley, one of three sons of Septimus Weasley and Cedrella Black[10], met Molly Prewett while they attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1960s. They married soon after finishing school and went on to have seven children, whom they loved but did not spoil. All of those who were of age, except Percy, eventually became members of the reinstated Order of the Phoenix.

Hermione Prophecy

Hermione Weasley née Granger

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Angelina Weasley née Johnson

Other Weasleys

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Harry Potter

Weasley relatives

Sirius: "He's not your son!"
Molly: "He's as good as."
Sirius Black and Molly Weasley on Harry Potter.[src]

Family tree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weasley family
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Matilda Weasley
 
G. Weasley
 
Possible siblings[11]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Garreth Weasley
 
1 daughter
 
Son(s)
 
Hector Weasley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
House of Black
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Septimus Weasley
 
Cedrella Black
 
Prewett family
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2 sons
 
Arthur Weasley
 
Molly Prewett
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Potter family
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Delacour family
 
 
 
 
 
Charles Weasley
 
Percy Weasley
 
Audrey
 
 
Fred Weasley †
 
Johnson family
 
 
Granger family
 
Ginevra Weasley
 
Harry Potter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fleur Delacour
 
William Weasley
 
 
Molly Weasley
 
Lucy Weasley
 
George Weasley
 
Angelina Johnson
 
Ronald Weasley
 
Hermione Granger
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Victoire Weasley
 
Dominique Weasley
 
Louis Weasley
 
 
Fred Weasley
 
Roxanne Weasley
 
Rose Granger-Weasley
 
Hugo Granger-Weasley
 
James Potter
 
Albus Potter
 
Lily Potter

Author's comments

Weasleys

Ron, Ginny, and Fred and George Weasley.

  • J. K. Rowling has said that unlike with many other characters, Ron Weasley's name always remained the same in various drafts of the series. She has remarked that the surname Weasley is derived from the weasel, which is also Arthur Weasley's Patronus. About the family's name and characteristic red hair, she commented:
"In Britain and Ireland the weasel has a bad reputation as an unfortunate, even malevolent, animal. However, since childhood I have had a great fondness for the family mustelidae; not so much malignant as maligned, in my opinion. There are also many superstitions associated with redheaded people and most state that they are in some way unlucky (Judas Escariot was supposedly red-haired), but this is nonsense; I happen to like red hair as well as weasels."[12]
Weasley's-Mark

The mark of Fred and George Weasley.

Behind the scenes

The Weasley wax seal (emblem) used in Ron Weasley's Howler 01

The Weasley wax seal (emblem) used in their mails or Howler.

Notes and references

  1. Ron and Hermione's children are half-bloods; Bill and Fleur's children are one-eighth Veela, and the most outspoken pure-blood family in Britain in favour of muggle-born rights. Harry and Ginny's children are half-bloods as well.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Black family tree
  3. J.K. Rowling interview, J.K. Rowling's U.S. Book Tour
  4. 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  6. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  7. Chamber of Secrets, Ch. 4
  8. J.K. Rowling's U.S. Book Tour
  9. Some Random Facts About the Weasley Family J.K. Rowling's Website
  10. Although it has never been confirmed that Septimus and Cedrella are Arthur's parents, this can be inferred based on Sirius Black's statement in Ch. 6 of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix that Arthur was "something like [his] second cousin once removed." The Black family tree establishes Cedrella as a first cousin once removed of both Orion and Walburga Black, Sirius's parents. Thus, any children she had would be their second cousins, and second cousins once removed of their sons Sirius and Regulus. Also, almost all of Sirius's relatives can be seen on the Black family tree because both his parents were born into the House of Black, making it unlikely that he could be related to Arthur in a way not shown. See also this talk page and an HPL essay for more information.
  11. Matilda Weasley is stated to have 'many nephews' (The Art and Making of Hogwarts Legacy), but it is never clarified if they are all G. Weasley's children.
  12. "Extra Stuff: The Weasley Family" at J.K. Rowling's Official Site
  13. http://www.homeofthenutty.com/harrypotter/screencaps/displayimage.php?album=29&pid=159102#top_display_media
  14. http://www.beyondhogwarts.com/story.20040304.html
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