Which member of the Potterverse are you most closely connected to?

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Which member of the Potterverse are you most closely connected to?

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Robbie Coletrane, remembered for his role of Hagrid in the Harry Potter movies, is our most recent WikiTree Challenge guest, so he's in our Connection Finder this week alongside other members of the world of Harry Potter.

Here are other Potterverse alumni:

Helena Bonham Carter, Bellatrix Lestrange
Warwick Davis, Filius Flitwick and Goblin Bank Teller
Ralph Fiennes, Lord Voldemort
Richard Griffiths, Uncle Vernon Dursley
Sir Richard Harris, Albus Dumbledore
John Hurt, Garrick Ollivander
Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter
Alan Rickman, Severus Snape
JK Rowling, creator and author of the book series
Maggie Smith, Minerva McGonagall

Which one is most closely connected to you? If you're one of the 27.7 million of us who are connected to each other on our big tree you can check with the Connection Finder.

In addition to our many Featured Connections, you can check your connections to Harry Potter associates and England's actors the using the green MyConnections button in the upper right hand corner of these category pages.

Let us know how you're related below. If you want to share your connection on social media with cousins and friends, click the "get shareable image" below the results, e.g. Harry Potter and Hagrid. Then just upload it along with the URL of your direct connection. (Please refrain from sharing your connection on the featured profiles themselves, though. It clutters conversations on research and collaboration. Thanks!)

Help us with next week's Top Newsmakers of 2022 by helping to choose and improve profiles for it.

WikiTree profile: Robbie Coltrane McMillan

asked Nov 28, 2022 in The Tree House by Abby Glann G2G6 Pilot (572k points)
reshown Nov 28, 2022 by Chris Whitten

36 Answers

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Answer 1 · 2022-11-28T21:43:10+0000

22 degrees from Richard Harris
22 degrees from Robbie Coltrane McMillan (14th cousins, 4x removed)
24 degrees from Helena Bonham Carter
24 degrees from Daniel Radcliffe
24 degrees from Ralph Fiennes (14th cousins, 2x removed)
25 degrees from Maggie Smith
26 degrees from Warwick Davis
31 degrees from John Hurt
32 degrees from Alan Rickman
33 degrees from JK Rowling
44 degrees from Richard Griffiths

Answer 2 · 2022-11-28T22:13:54+0000

My closest connection is Robbie Coltrane McMillan at 22 degrees.

Ancestors and Cousins:

22 degrees - Robbie Coltrane McMillan (15th cousins) - MRCA - William Graham, First Earl of Montrose
23 degrees - Ralph Fiennes (14th cousins) - MRCA - Margaret (Stewart) Drummond

Connections:

23 degrees - Helena Bonham Carter
24 degrees - Sir Richard Harris
26 degrees - Daniel Radcliffe
26 degrees - Warwick Davis
27 degrees - Maggie Smith
28 degrees - Gill Whitehouse
31 degrees - John Hurt
31 degrees - J.K. Rowling
33 degrees - Alan (Hans Gruber) Rickman
43 degrees - Richard Griffiths

Answer 3 · 2022-11-28T23:30:14+0000

Hagrid is my closest at 20. Bellatrix is next at 21. Everyone else is further out.

Answer 4 · 2022-11-29T00:10:27+0000

I am most closely connected to Robbie Coltrane McMillan at 23 degrees of separation.

23 degrees from Robbie Coltrane McMillan
- 3 branches (8-8-8)
24 degrees from Helena Bonham Carter
- 4 branches (4-4-4-13)
24 degrees from Ralph Fiennes
- 2 branches (9-16)
24 degrees from Richard Harris
- 8 branches (1-1-2-2-5-4-4-6)
27 degrees from Daniel Radcliffe
- 5 branches (5-3-3-9-8)
28 degrees from Warwick Davis
- 2 branches (14-15)
30 degrees from Maggie Smith
- 8 branches (1-1-6-2-3-6-6-6)
32 degrees from Alan Rickman
- 7 branches (4-8-6-2-4-4-5)
33 degrees from JK Rowling
- 5 branches (12-6-7-7-2)
34 degrees from John Hurt
- 6 branches (3-8-6-2-7-9)
47 degrees from Richard Griffiths
- 10 branches (6-4-3-11-9-3-3-2-3-4)

Answer 5 · 2022-11-29T01:41:23+0000

My closest is 22: Robbie Coltrane (my 18th cousin), Helena Bonham Carter, and Richard Harris. Ralph Fiennes is my 15th cousin.

Answer 6 · 2022-11-29T03:12:16+0000

I'm closest to Robbie Coletrane, no close connections. 20 degrees from Robbie Coltrane McMillan, 24 degrees from Helena Bonham Carter, 27 degrees from Warwick Davis, 24 degrees from Ralph Fiennes, 46 degrees from Richard Griffiths, 24 degrees from Richard Harris, 31 degrees from John Hurt, 23 degrees from Daniel Radcliffe, 33 degrees from Alan Rickman, 33 degrees from JK Rowling, 32 degrees from Maggie Smith

Answer 7 · 2022-11-29T04:59:08+0000

Helena Bonham Carter - 25 degrees

Robbie Coltrane - 23 degrees - 21C1R (MRCA Joane (Holand) Radcliffe (abt. 1287 - abt. 1347))

Warwick Davis - 24 degrees

Ralph Fiennes - 23 degrees - 14C3R (MRCA Amy Gifford (abt. 1485 - aft. 1519))

Richard Griffiths - 43 degrees

Richard Harris - 26 degrees

John Hurt - 34 degrees

Daniel Radcliffe - 30 degrees

Alan Rickman - 28 degrees

JK Rowling - 33 degrees

Maggie Smith - 29 degrees

Answer 8 · 2022-11-29T09:54:19+0000

Robbie Coltrane McMillan - 20th cousins three times removed, 23 degrees
Helena Bonham Carter - 24 degrees
Warwick Davis - 23 degrees
Ralph Fiennes - 15th cousins three times removed, 26 degrees
Richard Griffiths - 45 degrees
Sir Richard Harris - 25 degrees
John Hurt - 31 degrees
Daniel Radcliffe - 26 degrees
Alan Rickman - 30 degrees
JK Rowling - 29 degrees
Maggie Smith - 30 degrees

I used blue and bronze to highlight my closest relation because... I'm a Ravenclaw!

How it was determined: About 10 years ago, I made several accounts on Pottermore to find out my average Hogwarts house test results (just for the sake of accuracy), and most of them put me in Ravenclaw. Just a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned what I was to a coworker, and she laughed that it didn't surprise her.