JK Rowling reveals new details about Harry Potter’s family
It turns out there is more than one Harry Potter.
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has given fans new information about the family of The Boy Who Lived, just days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the publication of the first book.
Rowling revealed Harry’s paternal great-grandfather was also called Harry, or Henry in more formal settings, who frequently spoke out on behalf of humans, known as muggles.
Harry Sr’s son Fleamont was Harry’s grandfather, the father of Harry’s father James.
Writing on Pottermore, the online home of Harry Potter, Rowling said: “It was Fleamont who took the family gold and quadrupled it, by creating magical Sleekeazy’s Hair Potion (‘two drops tames even the most bothersome barnet’).
“They had quite given up hope of a son or daughter when, to their shock and surprise, Euphemia found that she was pregnant and their beloved boy, James, was born.”
While Fleamont and Euphemia lived long enough to see James marry Harry’s mother Lily, they died of dragon pox before the birth of the famous wizard, she said.
She added: “Historians credit Linfred as the originator of a number of remedies that evolved into potions still used to this day, including Skele-gro and Pepperup Potion.
“His sales of such cures to fellow witches and wizards enabled him to leave a significant pile of gold to each of his seven children upon his death.”
On Monday it will be 20 years since the publication of Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone.
