Every child entering into their teenage years requires a support system. Harry was very much devoid of one in his early years, having lived with his Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia who treated him as an unwanted object creating space. They didn't give him much, considering his living conditions in “the cupboard under the stairs” (SS, 19). Eventually, Harry embarks in his 11 th year to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and thus his life begins.

But what is a life without a support system? Harry desires the most important thing he has always been deprived off since he came to Hogwarts. He has had the fortune of meeting Ron and Hermione as well as Fred, George, Seamus, Dean, and many other fellow Hogwarts students (minus Draco) that he can call his family. They learn together not only in the classrooms but the events surrounding their lives, experiencing in their joys and losses, sharing laughter and friendship. Yet no matter how much Harry considers Hogwarts his home, he is still without the most important thing: a family of his very own.

Post Order of the Phoenix and answers given from interviews with J. K. Rowling, it is certain the readers will never see an alive Lily and James, as much as it pains us to know. For Harry to ever have the family he so craves, the other option rather than to adopt one, is to build a family of his own. Of course there is no chance of this until Voldemort is defeated and so that leaves the last option: adopting a family. Fortunately, Harry may already have.

Harry has never known the joys of having parents to dote on him. In his youth, he had had to witness his aunt and uncle spoil Dudley for no reason at all and whom Harry considers no more than “pig in a wig” (SS, 21). Things change however, after Harry meets Arthur and Molly Weasley. From the very beginning, Arthur and Molly had no trouble considering Harry as a seventh son. At King's Cross station in London, Ms Weasley remarked of Harry, “He was ever so polite when he asked how to get onto the platform” (SS, 97), which basically implies that the best way for a family to begin to accept a person is from a good first impression. Of course Molly did remark on Harry's identity with a bit of awe but she still remembered to keep Harry's best interest in mind by reminding her children to mind his privacy- “I forbid you to ask [Harry], Fred. No, don't you dare. As though he needs reminding of that on his first day of school” (SS, 97).

In the following year, Harry meets Arthur Weasley. It is important for a future member of the family to have good relations with the figurehead. In the past five books, Molly exerts control over the family but Mr. Weasley is the breadwinner. Besides, Harry's transition into the Weasley household would no less end smoothly with Mr. Weasley's approval. In their first encounter, Mr. Weasley states, “Good lord, is it Harry Potter? Very pleased to meet you, Ron's told us so much about-” (CS, 39). Evidently, Mr. Weasley was excited to meet Harry. At this point, he has already gathered an opinion of him from Ron's testimony despite Harry being the Boy Who Lived and his childhood among muggles. Mr. Weasley would have heard about Harry's sportsmanship, his generosity, courage, and selflessness. Really, no parent would be less than pleased to meet a child of such qualities, not to mention, inviting them as part of the family.

The real indication of how a parent sees another child by how they treat them. The Weasleys first welcome Harry into their household, digging into their expenses for food, lodging, and even laundering Harry's robes without obligating him to compensate for their burdens. Mrs. Weasley has a knack for fussing over Harry and her children for what seems almost every reason. To Ron she says, “-you've got something on your nose” (SS, 95). To Fred and George she warns, “You want to set a better example to your sister” (PoA, 63). And to Bill she suggests, “And your hair's getting silly, dear…I wish you'd let me give it a trim” (GoF, 62). With Harry, she treats no differently, “[sitting] down on [Harry's] other side and [starting to fuss] with his T-shirt, tucking in the label and smoothing out creases over the shoulders” (OoTP, 122). Not to mention “-attacking his hair with a wet comb” (OoTP, 123).

All things aside, why would a woman waste her time over a child who is not hers by blood when she has seven other children to worry about? The answer of course would be if she already considers that child as her own. Quite frankly, Mrs. Weasley's fussing over Harry almost appears to be Ms. Rowling fussing over Harry herself. But with all Mrs. Weasley does for Harry, she might do to her own child because how else would you treat a person who not only saved your son countless times but rescued your daughter from certain death in her first year. With all these things in mind, it is only fitting for Molly to consider Harry as a seventh son and she does most ardently in OoTP (90):

Mr. Weasley's connection with Harry tends to lean toward understanding than fussing. Mr. Weasley, considering how he treats his sons, assumes Harry domestically capable without Mrs. Weasley interfering. Mr. Weasley has nothing but to feel gratitude for Harry having saved Ginny her first year where Arthur scolds her, “Haven't I taught you anything ? What have I always told you? Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain” (CoS, 329). This is perhaps the only time Arthur shows his anger, except for arguments with the twins and Percy. When Mr. Weasley feels strongly about a matter, however, he speaks up, and he does on Harry's behalf for the first time in PoA , “Harry's got a right to know [about Sirius]. I've tried to tell Fudge, but he insists on treating Harry like a child. He's thirteen years old” (65). Later, after Mrs. Weasley protests, Arthur replies, “I don't want to make him miserable, I want to put him on his guard” (PoA, 65). Eventually, Mr. Weasley tells Harry about Sirius Black and the dangers of Hogwarts. The reason for Arthur warning Harry is maybe not only to give him a ‘heads-up' but that he also trusts Harry like one of his sons. Arthur must feel that Harry is able to handle the danger by letting him know, even if he feels Harry can handle it better than Ron. Despite his reason for wanting to tell Harry, Arthur acts as any father would do by imparting advice to someone whom he does not want to see hurt or dead. Though, just when it seemed Mr. Weasley would go against the wishes of his wife at times, he imparts wisdom with a certain effect that maybe Mrs. Weasley cannot portray without having to yell. One example was Mr. Weasley's advice to Ron and Harry, “‘And that , boys,' yelled Mr. Weasley over the tumult of the crowd below, ‘is why you should never go for looks alone!'” (GoF, 132). Mr. Weasley's words eventually became very true in Harry's relationship with Cho . As it turns out in OoTP, Harry and Cho have nothing else in common besides Quidditch and the reason for his stomach turning over all the time was because she was pretty. It was evident that there is no substance in a relationship based on shallow foundations. Harry can only learn from Mr. Weasley as he is the one of the only male role model figures (minus Sirius, Lupin, Hagrid, and Dumbledore) in Harry's life.

So where does all this fit in with H/G? As stated earlier, every child in their teenage years must have a support system. Harry's transition into the Weasley family has taken over five books and he is now officially one of them. Refer back to OoTP in the scene where Mrs. Weasley battles the boggart (175-176):

Harry seeing himself dead as one of Mrs. Weasley's fears reveals a lot about his place in their family. Ms. Rowling has worked her way through five books to have Harry, and Hermione, as part of the Weasley family. And, as for Harry and Hermione, why not better for the both to join the Weasley family tree than by marrying the last two Weasley children? Ron and Hermione is another subject, but Harry and Ginny are an entirely special matter. Ginny is the only girl born to the Weasley clan for several generations . Born the seventh child in a family, especially as a son, has mythological imperatives. Harry is unofficially the seventh son and would write himself into the Weasley tree when and if he marries Ginny. Its only seems right since Harry has not been adopted into another family. Yes, there is his friendship with Hermione to consider, but unlike Ginny's, Harry does not have the same foundation with Hermione's family. There is little known about them and it would seem unlikely for Ms. Rowling to work in a relationship between Harry and Hermione's parents with only two books left to go when both Harry and Hermione are themselves unofficial Weasleys.

I am sure that if it were Harry and Hermione, Hermione's parents would welcome him into her family though it may seem a little out of place because Hermione's parents are muggles. Harry's experience alone with his muggle relatives was unfriendly, though that does not imply Hermione's parents to be distrusting of wizards since they let their only child attend Hogwarts. The point of the matter is Harry and Hermione are already unofficially adopted the Weasley family, so that must mean they have a permanent place with the Weasleys.

Love is already there for Harry among the Weasley family. Both Arthur and Molly except Harry as their son and it would be fitting for them to allow him to have Ginny when he finally wants to share his life with her. After all, what better than for the Boy Who Lived to marry the Girl Who Lived? Arthur and Molly have sacrificed a lot on Harry's behalf with little in return. The only explanation for this is the love they have for their children they have for Harry, which is love without obligation. Parents are the foundation of the family. The foundation that grants love without obligation will undoubtedly pass on to children and those who are considered their children . Harry is the last in the line of Potters and will undoubtedly being a new generation. For the meantime, his has found his place among the Weasleys (SS, 308):

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