Treating Chocolate Frog Wizard Cards as Canon?

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "erisedstraeh2002" 
<erisedstraeh2002 at y...> wrote:
> 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.  

Me:

Accoring to "Quidditch Through the Ages," 'Bowman Wright, of 
Godric's Hollow' was a skilled metal-charmer (which is appropriate 
to the name of 'wright') who wanted to create a replacement for the 
Golden Snidget, the bird that was supposed to be caught by the 
Seeker, because it was deemed cruel and the Snidget was declared an 
endangered species.  He succeeded in inventing the Golden Snitch, 
which 'mimicked the behaviour and flight patterns of the Snidget.'  
There's quite a lot more about this, but it's possible that there 
isn't anything on this card (I haven't seen them) that isn't in 
Quidditch Through the Ages, which, as it is authored by JKR, is 
accepted as canon.  There are also numerous famous witches and 
wizards mentioned in Fantastic Beasts.  Any of them might be fodder 
for these cards.

If Wright does in fact turn out to be an ancestor of Harry's, I find 
it interesting that his surname means someone who makes something 
(used in combination with other things frequently, such as 
boatwright or cartwright).  A 'potter' is also a person who makes 
things--pots.  I wonder whether we'll see other ancestors--if any 
are revealed--with similar names, such as Carpenter or Cooper (a 
maker of staved barrels).

--Barb

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