Families and Adoptions

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Pureblood Families

Almasy

An extremely wealthy, matriarchal family primarily from Moscow, Russia. Only a handful reside in the UK. They are known as the Almasy Clan.

Avery

An old, wealthy pureblood family either said to have originated from France or Navarra. Formerly staunchly purist and thus has many historical ties to other pureblood families. After their involvement with Grindelwald and Voldemort, the family is split between maintaining that purist view and being anti-purist. Anti-purist Averys declare their distaste for blood discrimination openly, while the purist side tends to keep a low profile.

Bagnold

The Bagnolds are a pureblood family with roots in Kent, England. They are closely connected to the Grimms and the Whitmans, and have direct ties to many other pureblood families. The Bagnold family has a reputation for being very pro-Ministry and anti-purist, and are known to produce many Gryffindors. Millicent Bagnold, a former Minister for Magic who came to power during the end of Voldemort's first reign, is still the clan's matriarch.

The Bagnolds are open for pureblood connections or new characters within the family. For more information, please contact Sparky.

Bombay

Carstairs

The Carstairs family are a largely Pureblood family with many Halfblood offshoots. They are well-to-do and tend to socialise in the same circles as most other upperclass Pureblood families. However, the Carstairs are not especially known for being extravagant or flashy (with exceptions). They are not notable Purists.

Gamp

A canon pureblood family from England. Recent generations (Mortimer Gamp, Lyra Gamp) have a family home in Godric's Hollow. There are opportunities for many branches off. The family have loosened their thoughts on requiring pureblood marriage. Historical Gamps have included a Minister for Magic and a Gamp who established Transfiguration laws. Many ancestors have worked deeply in the Department of Mysteries. Family Tree

Grumman

Knight

The Knight family is from England. The main line currently resides is Kilburn. They are an incredibly old fashioned family. They tend to be purist, sexist, racist, and very traditional in behavior. The family is known- even now- to practice arranged marriages to keep the blood line pure and prestigious.

Lemon

A small and poor pureblood family. The Lemons have generally laboured in magical farms and tending to creatures. Only some of their members hold actively strong Purist views.

Musgrave

Recent generation hail from St Albans, England. A more working to middle class family who have thinly retained their pure blood. The name is now most commonly associated with recent dementor and criminal activity, but was previously respected within the Department of Magical Transport.

Prewett

The Prewett family is an old pureblood family with many ties to the Ministry of Magic. The main branch of the family is located in South West England, predominately in Wiltshire with the Prewett Manor located outside of Westbury, Wiltshire. Contact Cody for adoptions and family ties.

Randall

Reid

Rosier

Shacklebolt

Canon pureblood family, including Kingsley Shacklebolt who eventually became post-war minister. The family are of colour.

Spectre

While the Spectres may be a primarily pureblooded Scottish clan, nearly half of its members are half-bloods. The older generations are keen on keeping the family pure, although most anyone with a capacity to bear or sire children seems to have discarded the idea. There are Spectre estates all across Scotland - many dedicated to the breeding or care of magical creatures. One of the main estates is located in a warded area just outside of Edinburgh. The Spectres have a distant connection to the Sellaphix Family.

Tawse

Family Tree

Whitman

Halfblood Families

Abbott

The Abbotts are clustered around Tinworth in Cornwall, England or Godric's Hollow. They are famous for Daisy Abbott's quidditch career, and for Brinley Abbott's role as Senior Undersecretary. They are often sorted into Hufflepuff or Gryffindor.

Greyfriar

The Greyfriars are a mixed half-blood family. Knox is related by the marriage of his aunt to the pureblood St. James family. Knox had a son Devlin Matthews out of wedlock with a muggle woman. Knox was married to Meredith Ballentyne. They are apparently connected to the Hexwicks

Hollingbury

A heavily halfblood family originating from East Sussex with a long history of accepting Greek muggleborns and halfbloods into the family. They tend to be altruistic and despise the Dark Arts, but may easily fall to the wayside in the eternal pursuit for knowledge. Hinted to be powerful due to ancestors descended from Circe in their family, but content to stay where they are in society and not abuse power for their own means.

Mordent

The Mordent family are from England, are are related to the Glass family. The family have a high number of healers and Muggle relatives who are doctors and surgeons. They are also linked by marriage to the Duerr family, who are in turn linked to the Storms via Camille Storm.

Motley

The Motley family are English and Scottish. They are often sorted into Hufflepuff. Some of the Motleys own The Magic Neep in Hogsmeade and are talented herbologists. One of their family were turned vampire, their Muggle-born parents were a magical rail engineer and an author of charms books.

Pepper

The Peppers are based in Bedfordshire, England, and often marry Muggles. They are also related to the Hughes as first and second cousins. The family make time-turners for the Ministry. They are related to the Gamps by marriage vis Theta Pepper and Hyperion Gamp.

Pinn

The Pinns are a family of colour. They have links to the Shacklebolts and Gamps via Nadine Pinn, the Glass family via Rachel Pinn.

The generation before Nadine were Nigerian immigrants to Britain during the 1950s. The surname Pinn came from Nadine's mother's marriage. The surname is Anglo-Saxon and Old French origin. The Pinn family have married muggles and have a number of squibs in the tree. Geographically, the Pinn family are spread over central England. Nadine and her siblings grew up in Northampton. Later, one of Nadine's older brothers moved north and settled in Telford. His daughter is Roberta Pinn.

Roh

The Rohs are a Korean-British family in north England. Zora's parents emigrated in the 1960s.

Sellaphix

The Sellaphix Family have owned Sellaphix Apothecary in Knockturn Alley for four generations. They are not a pureblood family and often intermarry with muggles. There are Sellaphixes in London, Manchester, and Yorkshire. The current owners of the Apothecary are Rafe Sellaphix and his wife Zelda. They are lined through Zelda to the Spectres.

Storm

German-based family (questionable English breeding further back given the spelling!) which is generally pure in the high generations, but half blood in the lower generations. They attend Durmstrangs. They have links with the Bayard (French), Duerr (French/Belgian), Gundersen, Giles (English), Harker (English), Mordent (English), Moriarty (English), Murray (English), Kollontai (Ukrainian), and Volkov (Ukrainian) families.

Watkins

Wilde

The Wilde Family is a recently half-blood family linked to the muggle Wildes, the magical Welles family, and now the American half-blood family the Castillos. At AO, the Wildes are a crime and hotelier family in Edinburgh who run the Pendragon Hotel Adoptables

Muggleborn Families

Bevans

A muggle family that has produced two cousins with magic.