Mrs Figg

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No: HPFGUIDX 21473

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., rcraigharman at h... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Danika Nicole" <professorpotter at h...> 
> wrote:
> > I just had a look at the Lexion site, and there is a mistake in 
the
> > list of 'Muggles' in the HP books.
> > 
> > In case no one here noticed, Mrs Figg, the lady who in PS babysits
> > Harry on Dudleys birthdays, etc, and has loads of smelly cats, is
> > in fact not a muggle, but a witch.
> > 
> > At the end of GOF Dumbledore instructs Sirius to contact the 'Old'
> > crowd and this includes one "Arabella Figg".
> 
> Well, until Mrs. Figg is positively identified as being one in the
> same with Arabella Figg, that comes down to speculation.  Granted,
> I think most believe that they are the same, but it's not yet
> explicit in the canon.
> 
> ....Craig

Craig, JKR said that Mrs. Figg was Arabella Figg in an interview, 
either a Scholastic online chat or from the "Today" show, I forget 
which.

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