Ron Weasley is part of the Weasley family, a wizarding family who are known for all having bright red hair. He has five brothers, and one sister called Ginny Weasley. He is in the Hogwarts house Gryffindor, alongside best friends Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. He loves Quidditch, and later joins Harry in the Gryffindor Quidditch team playing in the position of Chaser. He has a rat called Scabbers who later turns out to be a Dark Wizard working for Voldemort. He has one girlfriend during his time at Hogwarts, Lavender Brown, but remains secretly in love with Hermione.