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Cho Chang200
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 Posted: June 7, 2008 4:08 pm Post subject: Are the Weasleys inbreds? lol! |
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Okay,So this boy in my class said The Weasleys are inbred because both Mr and Mrs. Weasley are related to the Black Family.
Is it true?
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Its mentioned in the books that all pure blood families are inter-related, purely because there just isnt enough pure blood families left.
So if they are "in-breds" which isnt completely true, then they all are.
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Mr and Mrs Weasleys are distant cousins through marriage. So, I don't think they could technically be "inbred".
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^yeah.. it's a mere coincidence that two members of their families happened to marry each other. And it was done distantly. So no inbreeding in this case.
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Well, inbred families get quite wacko, don't they? That's probably how they got that hairless, snaky weirdo with red eyes running around 
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naw, he wasn't born that way. but thats why they have Morfin 
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Inbreeding is technically the breeding of 'close' relatives I think, so not technically inbreeding. However, choosing a partner that has some sort of family tie to yourself could still increase your chances of having offspring with some sort of problem. I guess neither Molly or Arthur had any bad recessive genes waiting in the wings - all they spread was red-headedness 
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| Bianca St. Claire wrote: |
| Inbreeding is technically the breeding of 'close' relatives I think, so not technically inbreeding. However, choosing a partner that has some sort of family tie to yourself could still increase your chances of having offspring with some sort of problem. I guess neither Molly or Arthur had any bad recessive genes waiting in the wings - all they spread was red-headedness |
They weren't blood related at all.
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| They weren't blood related at all. |
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They were.
They were distant cousins like the other guys said.
http://www.hp-lexicon.info/images/blackfamilytrees/official-final-version.gif
Molly's maiden name was Prewett.
I don't think imbreeded matters to anybody like the Malfoy's or Black's or any of them anyway as long as their pure blooded. Walberga and Orin (Sirius and Regulus parent's) were cousins to. |
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Thats a sickening thought
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It's even worse when it happens to oneself. A cousin of mine was flirting with me when I went to Texas (it's the south.. go figure.) to visit my grandmother. My cousin Michelle finally pulled him to the side and yelled "Dude, she's your COUSIN!!"
But all pureblood families are inbred to a point. But as was pointed out, it's mainly the close relatives that really make it that way.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasley_family#Family_Tree
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This one is slightly misleading. It has Cedrella Black and Lucretia one the same generation line. they're a generation apart, though.
Also, Molly and Sirius are only cousins by marriage, so there is no proof that Molly and Arthur are even related by blood. Even this shows the Prewetts as being married into the Black family . . . however misleading the generation gaps are.
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| Bianca St. Claire wrote: |
| Inbreeding is technically the breeding of 'close' relatives I think, so not technically inbreeding. However, choosing a partner that has some sort of family tie to yourself could still increase your chances of having offspring with some sort of problem. I guess neither Molly or Arthur had any bad recessive genes waiting in the wings - all they spread was red-headedness |
They weren't blood related at all. |
you mean as compared to the blood relation between harry and voldemort
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| They weren't blood related at all. |
They were.
They were distant cousins like the other guys said.
http://www.hp-lexicon.info/images/blackfamilytrees/official-final-version.gif
Molly's maiden name was Prewett.
I don't think imbreeded matters to anybody like the Malfoy's or Black's or any of them anyway as long as their pure blooded. Walberga and Orin (Sirius and Regulus parent's) were cousins to. |
Exactly, through marriage. Not blood.
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It's kind of hard to keep track of those trees - if I'm seeing it correctly it looks like Molly is the granddaughter of a Black (Lucretia) and Arthur is the son of a Black (Cedrella). (So her grandmother and his mother are second cousins - er, once removed?)
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| Bianca St. Claire wrote: |
| It's kind of hard to keep track of those trees - if I'm seeing it correctly it looks like Molly is the granddaughter of a Black (Lucretia) and Arthur is the son of a Black (Cedrella). (So her grandmother and his mother are second cousins - er, once removed?) |
No, Molly is not Lucretia's Grandaughter. The most logical explanation is the she is the neice of Lucretia's husband. None of the theories are cannon, though.
We do know that she is not Lucretia's granddaughter and that she is Sirius's cousin by marraige only. The rest is just speculation.
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| Bianca St. Claire wrote: |
| Inbreeding is technically the breeding of 'close' relatives I think, so not technically inbreeding. However, choosing a partner that has some sort of family tie to yourself could still increase your chances of having offspring with some sort of problem. I guess neither Molly or Arthur had any bad recessive genes waiting in the wings - all they spread was red-headedness |
They weren't blood related at all. |
you mean as compared to the blood relation between harry and voldemort
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Lmao, Uncle Mortie. But no, I do believe they are not in-bred; the Weasleys are simply too good for that. (Sorry if I offended anyone.)
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