Dumbledore's Family

[Piper]

JKR has said that Dumbledore's Ancestry is a profitable line if inquiry, so lets put our heads together here and see what we can put together regarding that.
If there is another thread on this and I have missed it, just please direct me there:)

Who could it be that he is related to?

[Boing]

This has been mentioned in other threads, but it is great to have a thread dedicated to it alone. This was from her Mugglenet/TLC interview, right? I think what she said was that his family would be a profitable line of inquiry, so that could mean people alive or dead - not necessarily ancestors.

That leads me immediately to Aberforth - perhaps the Order member we haven't been "properly" introduced to??

I don't know who else he could have been related to or that we have had any other indications . . . I for one was waiting for a widow to show up at the funeral . . . oh well. :D

[Fortescue]

I'm not sure if she meant by profitable as in money or information. If we think in terms of money, it could be someone like Gryffindor or another notable figure. If she was talking about profitable as in information, that could mean loads of people. We know he's related to Aberforth, (I still think he's related to Mrs. Figg :) ) Maybe Dumbledore is loaded and leaves a bunch more money to Harry. :D

[Alz]

Well once again I have to say Aberforth as a gimmie - because we all know he is related to the goat man :D

I also once heard that the Grey Lady was another possiblity - mainly because of how she was seen in the movies as well - but I am sure that was shot down at some point.

Given the inter-relation of the wizarding world - I wondered if he could be distant relation to James himself - but not sure what value that could offer here ...

[Fortescue]

JKR has already said that Harry isn't related to Dumbledore in any way, or else he would have never sent him to live at the Dursley's, so James is not a possibilty.

This would seem sort of weird, but what if Snape were related to Dumbledore? It might explain why Dumbledore has so much patience for him, and why Snape was allowed to abuse Harry so much from day one.

[Alz]

.. I did say Distant and in the realms of Wizarding world being inter-related ... not that he was a close direct relation :rolleyes: :D

Snape being related to Dumbledore :eek:
Wow - now that could have some milage!

[Hermione]

Snape related to Dumbledore?

But where would the Prince be, in Dumbledore's mother's or father's side? It could even be his father.

Let's look at this a little deeper. Killing of one's family member is evenw orse than random killing, if there is a relation there, then Snape will pay dearly for knocking off Dumbledore.

[Piper]

or else he would have never sent him to live at the Dursley's, so James is not a possibilty.

Would it have worked to have put Harry anyone not blood related to Lily? Even if they were related to James? I realize you are saying that she has ruled it out, I was just wondering.

I like a Dumbledore/Snape relation kind of :)

[Alz]

Actually a good point - best to bottle at source - in this case the best place to put Harry was where the blood link would be strongest ...
As I said above - the blood links of the Magical world ar very diverse - in fact Hermione I think said in HBP that there is probably no pure blooded wizards anywhere anymore.

Snape being related to Dumbledore is a strong possibility taking tha above into account - but I suppose we are looking for a closer family tie - and in the family tree?
I think that both Arthur and Molly appeared in the Black family tree if you trace the generations back - are we proposing a more direct blood link betwen Snape and Dumbledore?

[Fortescue]

Any relation between Dumbledore and Snape would have to come from Snape's mother's side as his dad was a Muggle, that is, unless Dumbledore is half Muggleborn and the relation comes from Snape's fathers side. I know that's a bit out there, but would make sense since Dumbledore was so defensive toward Muggleborns.

[Alz]

Wouldnt that be great as well thou!
Not sure Dumbledore would have been so tolerant of Snape if he was reffering to the blood link being from their shared Muggle side - but still I like the small twist that would offer.
I think Dumbledore does share an affinity with Muggles - I suppose that could lead to another thread as to the reasons why ... ummm ...

[The Frozen North]

Affinity with mugglesdoesn't really say much about family connections, look at Arthur Weasly (admitedly, he tends to look at muggles as a much loved but rather unusual pet, but he still likes them)

[Dumbledore]

I hope J.K tells us more about Dumbledore in the last book. I think Dumbleore is Half- Blood I don't think he's Muggleborn as Aberfoth is a Wizard as well. And I dont think he's Pure Blood because he would of been on Sirius's family tree (unless he's been removed for fighting Grindelwald and Voldermort) , Arthur was and he's Sirius's third cousins son's husband daughter's son twice removed..... .

[Alz]

I think it is possible that he is Half Blood - that way he wasn't cursed being bought up in this environment where you felt because you were pure blood you were better than everyone else.
By having him half blood - it meant he wasn't ashamed of his Muggle side and in fact embraced it - that also afforded him the inclination to ensure that the Muggle world, half bloods and mud bloods around him were always treated with equal and not sub class citizens.