Ginevra Weasley

## Ginevra Molly Weasley

**Ginevra Molly Weasley** (also known as **Ginny**) is the youngest child and only daughter of the Weasley family. She is Sorted into Slytherin during Harry and Jim Potter's second year.

## Biography

### Family Lineage

Ginny Weasley is descended from House Weasley through his father’s line. House Weasley is a Noble House that came to England in 1066 as part of the invasion of William the Conqueror. House Weasley is also a member of the Sacred 28, and has held a Wizengamot seat under that name. They were particularly close to House Malfoy until 1790 when a public feud between them led to the two Houses declaring a mutual Family Enmity and causing House Weasley to suffer financial difficulties, thus losing their Wizengamot seat.​

Ginny Weasley is also descended from the Prewett family through his mother’s line. Currently, not much is known about the Prewett family, except that Bill's uncles, Fabian and Gideon, were killed in the First Wizarding War.

### Early Life

The Weasley family had been cursed with misfortune generations ago, which led to poverty and misery. Molly and Arthur Weasley found a Seer who told them that they could break the curse if they had seven children and the last one was a witch. Despite the odds, the couple tried and thus Ginny was born, the first daughter of House Weasley in centuries.

But Ginny didn't show any accidental magic at first, so her parents worried she might be a squib, and only a witch would break the curse. But Molly and Arthur, well aware how miserably squibs were usually treated, decided to love their daughter all the same. But at he seventh birthday, Ginny displayed an amazing feat of accidental magic.

And so Ginny grew up during peacetime with six protective older brothers in a loving home, reading Jim Potter Adventure books and sneaking out to practise flying in secret.

### Book 2 - The Secret Enemy

The barrier to Platform 9 3/4 is blocked when Ginny, Ron, and the Potter Twins try to pass it. When Jim and Ron tell her to wait while they take the Flying Ford Anglia to Hogwarts, Harry offers to take her via the "wicked" Slytherin way: Flooing. After this display, despite her family’s tendency to be sorted in Gryffindor, she is sorted into Slytherin. This leads to Weasley family drama in which her older brothers (with the exception of Ron) confess to her that the Hat offered them other choices besides Gryffindor, ultimately bringing the siblings closer together (except Ron for reasons). In Slytherin, she is roomed with Drusilla Crabbe, Astoria Greengrass, and Amaryllis Wilkes (the Toy Maker’s daughter). During her first year, she and Amy infiltrate Cassius Warrington’s group.

### Book 3 - The Death-Eater Menace

During her second year, they similarly join the Hogwarts Cultural Preservation Society with the intention of reporting to Harry Potter. In her second year, she also becomes seeker for Slytherin's Quidditch team.

## Physical Appearance

Ginny is described as having the bright red hair characteristic of her family, and a naturally athletic build.

## Canon Divergence

In Harry Potter canon, Ginny is Sorted into Gryffindor, while Prince of Slytherin's Ginny is Sorted into Slytherin. At the beginning of her first year, POS-Ginny is gifted a non-cursed journal by Harry, negating her desire to write in Tom Riddle's diary. As a result, she is not possessed by him, and does not open the Chamber of Secrets.

Finally, while Canon-Ginny doesn't join the Gryffindor Quidditch team until a temporary stint as Seeker in her fourth year (followed by a full-time Chaser position in her fifth year), POS-Ginny joins the Slytherin Quidditch team in her second year, replacing Draco Malfoy as Seeker.

## References

Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 55 - Pranks & Other Diversions (Pt 2),

Theo explains the Weasley-Malfoy Enmity's History to Ginny and Draco.