Arthur Weasley

[color:6be0=orange:6be0]Arthur Weasley is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. The character is the patriarch of the Weasley family and married to Molly Weasley with whom he has seven children: Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny. He is the son of Septimus and Cedrella (née Black) Weasley. Interestingly enough, this makes him a descendant of the wealthy and aristocratic House of Black, but his mother was disinherited for marrying into a family of wizards who were "blood traitors". The evidence for this is Sirius Black's comment that Arthur is his second cousin once-removed, combined with the Black family tree as drawn by Rowling. It also potentially makes him a first cousin of Bartemius Crouch Sr (who may be the son of Caspar Crouch and Cedrella's sister Charis), though given that Cedrella was stricken from the record it is unsurprising that Crouch would not acknowledge this relationship if he was even aware of it
Arthur is described as being tall and thin — a physique inherited by his third and sixth sons Percy and Ron while his first son Bill inherited the tall stature but not the thin build — and as having a receding hairline and wire-rimmed glasses; Percy also wears glasses. An affable, light hearted man, he tends not to be the authority figure in the family; his wife Molly tends to handle that area. The only time Ron can ever remember seeing Arthur genuinely angry was when his older twin brothers Fred and George tried to trick Ron into making the Unbreakable Vow when he was a child. Arthur also insists that his daughter, Ginny, is to stay out of harm's way during the final battle. Ginny prepares to argue with her mother on this matter but subsides when her father becomes involved.
Arthur Weasley's youngest son Ron is Harry Potter's best friend. Harry and Hermione Granger enjoy spending time with the Weasley family and seem to be accepted as unofficial members of it. Eventually, Arthur becomes their father-in-law when Harry marries Ginny and Hermione marries Ron, as revealed in the epilogue of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows.