How old is Newt Scamander in Deathly Hallows?

The magical map reveals a 96-year-old Newt Scamander wandering the halls of Hogwarts. Was he there to see his old teacher Dumbledore? Perhaps he travelled to Hogwarts to fight on behalf of Buckbeak, the hippogriff who was sentenced to death during 'Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 fantasy film directed by Alfonso Cuarón from a screenplay by Steve Kloves, based on the 1999 novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and the third instalment in the Harry Potter film series.
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How old is Newt Scamander during Harry Potter?

According to Pottermore, Scamander was born in 1897, and by the time the third novel takes place it's 1994, putting the textbook author at a grand old age of... 97. Old, but just about feasible that he'd be alive and visiting Hogwarts.
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How much older is Newt than Harry Potter?

So long as a person is not in the Room of Requirement, they'll show up. Because Newt appears to be in his thirties in 1926 and Harry Potter is set in the 1990s, he'd be a very old man in Harry's third year. But this checks out if we recall that Wizards have longer life spans than Muggles — Dumbledore died at age 115.
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How old is Grindelwald in the deathly hallows?

By the time of his death in 1998, during Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Grindelwald was about 116 years old, having lived most of his life in prison.
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Is Newt Scamander ever mentioned in Harry Potter?

Initially, Newt Scamander was only mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as the author of the book Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, which was used as a textbook for Care of Magical Creatures by Harry Potter and his classmates.
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Did Luna Lovegood meet Newt Scamander?

The Lovegoods and the Scamanders must have remained in close relationship afterwards, and this is how Luna met Rolf, her future husband. In 2015, J.K. Rowling indeed revealed that, after the Battles of Hogwarts, Luna married Newt Scamander's grandson, who is a magizoologist himself too.
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How is Newt Scamander related to Luna Lovegood?

He's Luna Lovegood's grandfather-in-law

Luna Lovegood ends up marrying Rolf Scamander, who is Newt's grandson. If grandson is anything like his grandfather — which is quite likely, as both are magizoologists — that means we can expect Newt to be a bit of an eccentric.
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Why is Grindelwald not mentioned in Harry Potter?

Grindelwald's first mention in the "Harry Potter" series is inconspicuous. He's simply a name dropped on Albus Dumbledore's chocolate frog card in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone": "Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the Dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945."
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Is credence a Snape?

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore confirmed that Credence Barebone/Aurelius Dumbledore (Ezra Miller) is the new Snape (Alan Rickman) through a very familiar line delivered by Aberforth Dumbledore (Richard Coyle). Fantastic Beasts 3 finally shed light on the Credence being Aurelius Dumbledore plot twist.
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Is Newt Scamander autistic?

The writer of the Fantastic Beasts series, J.K. Rowling has never publicly stated that Newt has autism or was written to be autistic.
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Where was Newt during Voldemort?

Since the map shows the location of every single person at Hogwarts at the given time, that means Newt Scamander was somewhere on the grounds at the school during that time.
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Is Newt Scamander a pure blood?

Newton Artemis Fido "Newt" Scamander is a half-blood or pure blood wizard who is a framed magizoologist and the main protagonist of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them franchise.
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Why is Newt Scamander in Marauder's Map?

Newt believed that magical creatures were not dangerous if treated with respect, and Buckbeak only attacked Malfoy when he disrespected him. Due to this, Newt would have gladly traveled to Hogwarts to defend Buckbeak and try to prevent his execution, causing him to appear on the Marauder's Map.
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Who is older Theseus or Newt Scamander?

Theseus Scamander, the older brother of Newt Scamander, is the Head of the Auror Office at the British Ministry of Magic.
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Is Newt Scamander Tom Riddle?

In an alternate universe, Newt Scamander isn't traversing the globe in search of magical creatures, but causing trouble and opening the Chamber of Secrets at Hogwarts as a young Tom Riddle.
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Why doesn t Newt make eye contact?

Newt doesn't act like this because he's an oddball. His nature as a magizoologist is just accustomed to avoiding displays of dominance when approaching a magical creature. So he uses his body language to convey that he is harmless.
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Is Credence Snape's dad?

However, there is one Potter character where a shared bloodline would not be a stretch: Snape. Recall that, as the “Half-Blood Prince,” Snape was born to a witch and a Muggle. His mother Eileen Prince was born in the 1930s. As Fantastic Beasts is set in 1926, the timing checks out for Credence to be her father.
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Is Credence Voldemort's father?

Before Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them came out, it seemed like the story's only real Potter connection would be Newt Scamander's relation to Luna Lovegood and a Dumbledore name-drop.
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Who is Voldemort to Credence?

Credence may well be related to Voldemort, but it would have to be through Voldemort's grandmother. That also means the mystery woman must've had a second child: Merope Gaunt, born in 1907. It's entirely possible that Aberforth could have sired a child with Voldemort's grandmother.
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Who is Leta Lestrange to Bellatrix?

Funnily enough, the most famous Lestrange is one only by marriage, and despite really adorable Instagram photos that make us wish it so, there is no blood relation between Leta and Bellatrix whatsoever. At most, Leta and Rodolphus Lestrange (Bellatrix's husband) are very distant cousins.
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How is Queenie related to Harry Potter?

Goldstein: The father of Queenie and Porpentina "Tina" Goldstein, father-in-law of Newt Scamander, and great-grandfather of Rolf Scamander and great-grandfather-in-law of Luna Lovegood. Mr. Goldstein was a wizard and married to Mrs. Goldstein, having two daughters, Porpentina and Queenie (her real name is unknown.)
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What relation is Leta Lestrange to Bellatrix?

Born as Bellatrix Black, Bellatrix married into the Lestrange family, meaning she and Leta aren't related by blood. That makes Leta related to Bellatrix's husband, Rodolphus Lestrange, although that connection is no easier to find.
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Is Hagrid related to Newt?

No, on many reasons. Newt married Tina and had a child with her, not a giant and also, Hagrid's last name is, well Hagrid, so no, Newt isn't Hagrid's dad.
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Who is Voldemort in Fantastic Beasts?

Voldemort was born Tom Riddle in 1926, which is when the first Fantastic Beasts film takes place. In Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, there's a bit of a time jump, setting the year as 1932. This would make Tom Riddle around 6 years old at the time.
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What is Newt Scamander's Patronus?

There's only one answer, and it's that the Kelpie is Newt's Patronus. A Kelpie is a shape-shifting beast that lives within water. It is not to be approached by humans — unless they want to be eaten.
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