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Rolf Scamander was a magizoologist and the grandson of Newt Scamander and his wife Porpentina. He married fellow naturalist Luna Lovegood,[3] and the couple had twin sons named Lorcan and Lysander.[4]

Relationships[]

Luna Lovegood[]

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Rolf's wife; Luna.

Luna is Rolf's wife, and they presumably met out of Hogwarts. They were both naturalists and both spent their time "globetrotting and looking for weird creatures".[5] Rolf had two sons with Luna; both were born "considerably later" than the children of Harry Potter and their other friends.

Sons[]

Rolf and Luna had twin sons, Lorcan and Lysander.

Etymology[]

Rolf is a name, formed from the words hrodr and ulf, meaning "honour" and "wolf", respectively. His name therefore means "Honourable wolf".

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

  1. Rolf´s grandparents were wizards, meaning one of his parents must have been wizard or Squib.
  2. In Ch. 4 of Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, Horace Slughorn states that family members are often Sorted into the same House.
  3. JK Rowling Web Chat, 30th July
  4. Times Online - The Unwritten Story of Harry's Friends and Their Children
  5. J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
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