Treating Chocolate Frog Wizard Cards as Canon?

[erisedstraeh2002]

I was wondering whether the Famous Witches and Wizards cards found in 
the Chocolate Frogs would be considered "canon" for HPfGU posting 
purposes, since the Leaky Cauldron web site noted that Wizards of the 
Coast verbally confirmed that JKR "approved and in some cases edited" 
the text of these cards.  Since I wasn't sure, I thought I'd post my 
thoughts to OT-Chatter to be safe.

I was particularly intrigued by the text of the Bowman Wright card, 
since I (and others) have a hunch that he may be a distant relative 
of James Potter (based on his Godric's Hollow residency).  Two things 
in particular interested me: his 1492 birthdate and the fact that it 
was pointed out that he was the son of a non-wizard father and a 
witch.  1492 is obviously significant as the year Christopher 
Columbus discovered America. In reward, Spain granted Columbus the 
right to bear arms in 1493.  Columbus' coat of arms was divided into 
four quadrants, the second of which bore a *lion.*  Heir of 
Gryffindor theory, anyone? 

Specifying that Wright was the son of a Muggle father and a witch 
mother is interesting in that, if he really is an ancestor of James 
Potter, it reveals that James Potter's wizarding lineage is not "pure-
blood." Perhaps this explains why Tom Riddle calls Harry a "half-
blood" in CoS Ch. 17.  It's also interesting that Wright has the same 
parentage as Voldemort - witch mother and Muggle father.

~Phyllis