How old was Ariana Dumbledore when she was attacked?

The victim of this act was a six-year-old girl, Ariana Dumbledore, the younger sister of brilliant future Hogwarts headmaster Albus and future Hog's Head barman Aberforth. 'When my sister was six years old, she was attacked, set upon, by three Muggle boys.
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How was Ariana Dumbledore abused?

She was the younger sister of Albus and Aberforth Dumbledore. At the age of six, Ariana was attacked by Muggle boys who saw her practising underage magic, which left her traumatised to the point of rendering her magical abilities uncontrollable.
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At what age did Ariana Dumbledore cause a magical explosion that killed her mother?

During a fit when she was fourteen years old, Ariana caused a magical explosion that killed her mother, after which her older brother Albus became her guardian.
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How old was Dumbledore's sister when she died?

Ariana Dumbledore was the sister of Albus and Aberforth Dumbledore. She died quite young, at approximately 14 years of age.
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Is Ariana Dumbledore an obscurus?

Like Ezra Miller's character Credence, Ariana was an Obscurial, the host of an Obscurus, an unstable force that arises when a young witch or wizard suppresses their magic.
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What emotional trauma did Ariana Dumbledore have?

What happened to Ariana Dumbledore? Dumbledore's younger sister was abused by a bunch of muggle kids when she was just six years old. The ordeal caused her to become emotionally and magically unstable. Albus' father took vengeance on the kids who hurt Ariana, landing him in Azkaban.
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Can muggles see Obscurials?

Second peice of evidence is the Obscurial attacks, it's completely invisible to the muggles that are present, up until his reveal when we are seeing it through the eyes of a wizard.
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Was Ariana Dumbledore a squib?

In Rita Skeeter's biography, The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore, she claims it was Kendra's shame at having produced a Squib which made her keep her out of the public eye. Ariana wasn't a squib though, she sounds more like an Obscurial - the same as Credence.
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Why was Ariana an Obscurial?

Albus Dumbledore's Father Died In Azkaban

As mentioned, Ariana experienced a childhood trauma that may have turned her into an Obscurial. That trauma came at the result of the assault of a gang of young Muggle boys, who later suffered at the hands of Dumbledore's father Percival.
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Did Albus Dumbledore have a child?

However, Credence being Dumbledore's son in Fantastic Beasts does fit into the timeline. Assuming the year of Credence's birth is correct, which can be seen via the official birth certificate prop by MinaLima for the Fantastic Beasts movie, Dumbledore would have certainly been old enough to father a child.
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Why did Ariana Dumbledore become an obscurus?

– but Dumbledore's devastating family history is what really casts a Crying Curse on my soul. In case you've forgotten the details, Dumbledore's sister Ariana was assaulted by three Muggle boys who saw her doing magic. Because of this trauma, Ariana refuses to use her powers and becomes magically unstable.
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Who killed Aurelius Dumbledore?

While she originally said in an interview that Dumbledore was around 150 years old when he died, we know from Pottermore that he was actually around 115 years old when Snape fired the killing curse at him on top of Hogwarts' astronomy tower.
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Is Credence Dumbledore's son?

The simple answer to this question, is yes. Credence Barebone is actually called Aurelius Dumbledore, and he is the son of Aberforth Dumbledore. That makes him Albus Dumbledore's nephew.
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Did Ariana get raped in Harry Potter?

Firstly, it was strongly intimated that it was rape that unbalanced Ariana so severely, and the fact that the particulars were NOT discussed pretty much proves it. And children do things like that too,,, yes, they do.
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Who got raped in Harry Potter?

Dolores Umbridge is perhaps the one person in the whole Harry Potter universe who is virtually impossible to like, no matter what angle you choose to piss on her from. Well, unless you count the part where she is abducted and gang raped by centaurs in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
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Was Voldemort raped?

The reason Voldemort hated his Muggle father was because his father left his mother to die when she was pregnant. But, later, Dumbledore discovered that Voldemort's father was actually a victim. Voldemort's mother actually raped him with the help of a love potion (and, that's how she got pregnant).
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Why was Tina not in Fantastic Beasts 3?

Per the movie, Tina's just been made head of the American auror office, so she has no time for adventures.
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Is Credences sister a witch?

Modesty grew up in an environment where witchcraft was hated. Modesty was mistreated by her adoptive mother and, like Credence, implying she may have been a witch.
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Would Harry have been an obscurus?

So it seems like shame and fear of magic are the primary catalysts to a child producing an Obscurus, and since Harry wasn't raised to feel ashamed of what he was, he never became an Obscurial.
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Is Ariana Dumbledore Credences mother?

Credence was 18 years old in the first movie set in 1926, so he was born around 1908, and Dumbledore is 45 years old in The Crimes of Grindelwald, set in 1927. But Dumbledore's mother Kendra died in an “explosion” in the summer of 1899 when her daughter, Ariana, lost control of her magic.
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Why does Dumbledore's brother hate him?

Aberforth was resentful and bitter about the fact that he was living under Albus's shadow due to Albus's superior magical capabilities and spent most of his time caring for his sick younger sister, Ariana.
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Is Kendra Dumbledore a Muggle?

Kendra Dumbledore (c. 1851 — early summer 1899) was a Muggle-born witch, the wife of Percival Dumbledore, and the mother of Albus, Aberforth and Ariana.
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Can you cure an obscurus?

According to Albus Dumbledore, an Obscurial could possibly be healed by replacing their feelings of alienation, which ultimately created their Obscurus, with a sense of belonging.
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Is Percival Graves Grindelwald?

It turns out that Percival Graves the head American auror (magical law enforcement officer) was actually another wizard, Gellert Grindelwald, in disguise the entire time. Near the end of the movie, Graves, played by Collin Farrell, transforms into Grindelwald, who is played by Johnny Depp.
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Are Death Eaters Obscurials?

What form does an Obscurial take? A cloud of black smoke capable of obliterating roads and uprooting houses, that leave destruction in their wake. Obscurials are also capable of flying and don't look dissimilar to the form the Death Eaters take when flying in the final four Harry Potter films.
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