The Dumbledore Family has one of the most popular surnames in wizarding history. The name 'Dumbledore' is most famous due to Albus Dumbledore's great achievements and skill with magic. Interestingly, the Dumbledore family has both magical and muggle heritage.

Members of the Family

Unfortunately, only 5 members of the Dumbledore family are known by name. These 5 members are Aberforth, Albus, Ariana, Kendra, and Percival. First, the proud and haughty mother of the family, Kendra, married Percival Dumbledore. Together they parented two sons, Aberforth, who was the barman at the Hog's Head in Hogsmeade and Albus, who was one of the most powerful wizards of his time. Also, Kendra and Percival had a beautiful daughter named Ariana.

The Incident

A very unfortunate incident occurred during the sixth year of Ariana's life that changed the Dumbledore family forever. Ariana was attacked by three muggle boys who saw her performing magic. Ariana panicked and was so traumatized by the event that she never recovered. After the incident, Ariana required constant supervision because she could no longer control her magical powers and was therefore considered a threat to revealing the secret world of wizards and witches. The Dumbledores were also very desperate to keep Ariana's issues a secret so she was not forced to be hospitalized. However, after the incident, Percival hunted down the muggle boys who attacked Ariana and attacked them. After that, he was sent to Azkaban, a wizarding prison. Percival got the reputation of being a Muggle-hater for attacking the boys because he did not want to expose Ariana's secret.

After the Incident

Originally the Dumbledores lived in Mould-on-the-Wold, but after the incident they relocated to Godric's Hollow in attempt to better conceal Ariana's secret. The Dumbledores became the subject of a lot of gossip because Ariana was rarely allowed outside due to her lack of control over her magical powers.

Albus Dumbledore, who eventually became the Headmaster of Hogwarts and founder of the Order of the Phoenix was a young and powerful wizard who appeared trapped by his families troubles. Albus wanted to escape the problems of his family and focus on becoming a more powerful wizard. However, when Albus graduated and wanted to explore the world another incident occurred.

Accidentally, Ariana killed her mother with an uncontrolled fit of magic. Albus's older brother Aberforth wanted to drop out of Hogwarts and take care of Ariana full time, but he was only 15 or 16. Albus disagreed with Aberforth and wanted him to finish his education at Hogwarts. However, Albus met another young and powerful wizard named Gellert Grindelwald. Together the two young wizards made plans to change the world and this led to neglect of Albus's responsibilities to Ariana.

Aberforth disliked Gellert Grindelwald very much because he influenced Albus's desires to change the wizarding world. In the summer after Kendra died the three teenage boys got in a disagreement which escalated into a duel. Ariana was accidentally killed in the middle of this violent duel when she attempted to intervene. The three boys never knew who's spell had killed her and this incident added a final damper on the relationship between Aberforth and Albus. Aberforth blamed Albus for Ariana's death and at the funeral Aberforth punched Albus and broke his nose.