Harry Potter fans, get excited, because we just found out some background information on the beloved character’s family history and it is definitely one for the history books. Author J.K. Rowling posted the information on Pottermore today, giving us a glimpse into what the Potter clan was like before Harry James Potter came into the world.
On the website, Rowling revealed his family did not make the list of pure blood wizards, known as the “Sacred Twenty-Eight,” because the last name Potter was not an uncommon name for Muggles and the person who put the list together likely felt they came from blood that was unpure.
For starters, we learned that his family were descendents of a twelfth-century wizard, Linfred of Stinchcombe, who was renowned by Muggles for his cures in medicine, not knowing he was using magic. His nickname was ‘the Potterer” and it soon just became known as “Potter.” Some potions were even traced back to him including both Pepperup Potion and Skele-gro. He amassed a considerable fortune that he left to all seven of his children.
It is his oldest son, Hardwin, that Harry is descended from. Hardwin married Iolanthe Peverell, whose grandfather Ignotus was the one who received the invisibility cloak that would eventually go down to Harry.
To find out more information on Harry’s background, visit the Pottermore site.
Today's launch celebrations continue with some exclusive, unreleased writing by J.K. Rowling. You're about to discover...
Posted by Pottermore on Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Image via Facebook from Pottermore.