Yahoo News JK Rowling reveals there were TWO Harry Potters
JK Rowling has unleashed a new Harry Potter fact – there are two Harry Potters. Yep, TWO.
In one of JK's recent Pottermore posts, she looks into Harry's family tree, only to reveal that there was a Harry Potter before Harry Potter.
Yep, Harry's great-grandfather was called Henry Potter – but "Harry to his intimates".
"Henry caused a minor stir when he publicly condemned then-Minister for Magic Archer Evermonde, who had forbidden the magical community to help Muggles waging the First World War," JK continued.
"His outspokenness on the behalf of the Muggle community was also a strong contributing factor in the family's exclusion from the 'Sacred Twenty-Eight'.
(The 'Sacred Twenty-Eight' refers to the 28 British families that were still "truly pure-blood" by the 1930s.)
So there you have it. It may not be quite what you expected, but there were two of them, and they both fought for what was right.
In sad news, actor Sam Beazley – who played Professor Everard in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – passed away at the age of 101 last week (June 16).
He appeared in the movie as a portrait hanging in Professor Dumbledore's office as well as in the Ministry of Magic's Headquarters.
The news was confirmed in the announcements section of The Times with a tribute from the actor's family, saying: "Actor and artist, died in his sleep 12th June 2017, aged 101.
"Beloved brother-in-law, uncle and great uncle."
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