We may never get another Harry Potter novel, but that hasn’t stopped author J.K. Rowling from offering bits of information about the magical world that has entranced so many. Today on Pottermore, Rowling posted a short written history titled The Potter Family, which revealed a few fascinating facts about the lineage of The Boy Who Lived.
Harry’s oldest recorded descendent is a wizard named Linfred, who Muggles viewed as an eccentric old man who was always “pottering about in his garden with all his funny plants.” In reality he was inventing potions -- like Skele-gro and Pepperup Potion -- but they nonetheless nicknamed him “the Potterer,” which over time became just Potter.
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Harry’s oldest recorded descendent is a wizard named Linfred, who Muggles viewed as an eccentric old man who was always “pottering about in his garden with all his funny plants.” In reality he was inventing potions -- like Skele-gro and Pepperup Potion -- but they nonetheless nicknamed him “the Potterer,” which over time became just Potter.
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