Harry and Ginny

Harry married Ginny at some unknown point.1 Harry worked as an Auror,2 while Ginny initially played for the Holyhead Harpies and then became a Quidditch correspondent.3

I feel somewhat comfortable with this pairing unless and except if you include the Cursed Child play. If that gets categorised as a fan fiction work, then my concerns are more limited. It mostly comes down to the disconnect between what I would consider an ideal ending and what secular culture does. Harry, whose greatest desire is for family, must have made many compromises to successfully navigate a relationship with Ginny as she works for the Harpies. While I have no moral qualms about women working, I think that the children would be impacted with Harry and Ginny both having very demanding jobs like this. In that sense I suppose Cursed Child is slightly more believable. I do not see, from the outside looking in, the same level of devotion from Ginny to Harry that I suspect he must have for her. However, the two working parent family is the secular norm, and from a secular standpoint, of course Ginny had to achieve all of her dreams without compromise. Still, I find it hard to believe that Harry would allow himself to become so disconnected from his family as Cursed Child makes out.


  1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Epilogue. Better citation needed.

  2. Mrs. J. K. Rowling. “J.K.Rowling Official Site” “Wizard of the Month Archive” Date unknown.

  3. We need two citations: