Albus Potter

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Albus Severus Potter
Biographical information
Born	Between 1 September 2005 and 31 August 2006
Blood status	Half-blood
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Hair colour	Black
Eye colour	Green
Family information
Family members	Harry Potter (father) Ginny Weasley (mother) James Potter II (brother) Lily Potter II (sister) James Potter (paternal grandfather) Lily Potter (paternal grandmother) Arthur Weasley (maternal grandfather) Molly Weasley (maternal grandmother) Ron Weasley (uncle) Hermione Granger (aunt) Rose Weasley (cousin) Hugo Weasley (cousin) Various other uncles, aunts, and cousins Black family
Affiliation
Loyalty	Potter family

"Albus Severus, you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew."

— Harry Potter to his son on his fears of being sorted into Slytherin

Albus Severus "Al" Potter (born between September 1, 2005 and August 31, 2006) is a half-blood wizard and the second son of Harry and Ginny Potter (née Weasley). Albus is the middle of three children, born at least a year after his older brother, James, and two years before his younger sister Lily. He was named in honour of Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape.

Biography

On September 1, 2017, Albus will leave for his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry along with his cousin, Rose Weasley, as well as Scorpius Malfoy. Before boarding the Hogwarts Express, Albus will confide to his parents that he fears he might be sorted into Slytherin. In response, his father will tell him that the bravest man he ever knew – Severus Snape, whom Albus was named after –had been a Slytherin. Harry will also assure his son that, if he is sorted into Slytherin, then the house will have gained a good student and that he and Ginny will think no less of him for it. Harry will also tekk Albus that if he preferres Gryffindor, then the Sorting Hat will take this choice into consideration, as it had in his case (something Harry never told any of his other children). Albus will be very pleased with this.

Physical appearance

Albus takes after his father in appearance, meaning that he has black, untidy hair, wears glasses and has bright green, almond-shaped eyes. He was the only one of Harry's three children to have inherited his paternal grandmother's eye shape and colour.

Personality and traits

Unlike his rowdy, outgoing older brother, Albus seems to be a quiet and thoughtful boy. He is marked by insecurity and seems to have an especially close relationship with his father. He sometimes doesn't understand why people stare at his father and he finds it very interesting when they do.

Relationships

Parents

Albus's dad Harry

Albus's mum Ginny

Albus has an especially close relationship with his parents. When he felt insecure about attending Hogwarts for the first time and worried he would be in Slytherin, his father comforted him, and his mother did likewise when his uncle Ron teased his cousin Rose about getting disinherited if she wasn't sorted into Gryffindor house, as did his aunt Hermione.

Siblings

Albus: "I won't! I won't be in Slytherin!"

Ginny: "James, give it a rest!"

— Albus and his brother arguing in the car on the way to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters

Albus's older brother seems to enjoy teasing him. Though the boys are close in age, James has a more outgoing personality, while Albus is quiet, and more like his younger sister. All three siblings share the opinion that Teddy Lupin would make a great addition to the family if he eventually married Victoire Weasley.

Cousins

Albus and his cousin Rose Weasley are close in age and in the same year at Hogwarts. Just like Lily and Hugo, they seem to be quite close, and shared worry over where they would be sorted. When Rose arrived at King's Cross Station to head off to her and Albus' first year, Albus was "immensely relieved" to see her and Rose beamed at him.

Behind the scenes

• J. K. Rowling has stated that she finds Albus the most 'interesting' of Harry's children, possibly because of his physical and mental similarities with his father, Harry Potter. Albus, alone from his siblings, was described to have inherited Lily Potter's eyes and had apparently developed a fear of being Sorted into Slytherin House, very much like Harry did on his first day at Hogwarts.
• The fact that Albus was the only of Harry's children to inherit Lily Evans’s eyes could be interpreted as a symbolic reference to Albus’s namesake, Severus Snape, who loved Lily and was notably fond of her eyes.
• Albus and his cousin Rose are fourth cousins once removed of their classmate Scorpius Malfoy, as all three are descendants of Phineas Nigellus Black.

Etymology

• Albus may be the masculine form of "Alba", an ancient name for Scotland; It is also a Latin word for white, traditionally representing the forces of Good.

• Severus means “stern” in Latin, and is the root of the English word “severe”. It was a Roman cognomen, common to members of the Severan dynasty of Emperors, including one notorious for his harsh persecution of the early Christians.

• Potter is a very common surname of English origin. It traditionally refers to the occupation of making pottery. Beatrix Potter was a well-known English children's author. Potter's Field is the name for a burial ground for the unknown or unclaimed dead, particularly soldiers and orphans; the Potter family had many members that fit that description. The Potter Box is a model for making ethical decisions developed at Harvard University.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (First appearance)