Repeated Names in Harry Potter Books

[rorogersmc]

No: HPFGUIDX 96398

 Earendil:
> 
> Is Professor Trelawney's great grandmother's last name ever 
> mentioned or is it just an assumption that it is Trelawney? Because 
> it would seem a big coincidence that her ancestor, described as a 
> well known seer if I remember correctly, would share the same name 
> that another well known seer (unless she was named after said seer, 
> or the other way round).
> 
> If the last name isn't actually mentioned, then I think Trelawney's 
> great great grandmother's Cassandra *is* Cassandra Vablatsky. Any 
> daughter in the lineage between Sibyll and Cassandra would be enough 
> to explain the last name difference (or Sibyll Vablatsky could have 
> married a Trelawney).
> 
> Another possibility, if the name Trelawney *is* mentioned for 
> Sibyll's ancestor: Cassandra Vablatsky could be actually Cassandra 
> Trelawney, and could write under her maiden name (Vablatsky) or 
> something of the like. She probably would have been known as a seer 
> in the WW under the name Vablatsky way before her marriage, and 
> might have already published books under that name. Then she kept 
> using the same writing name.
> 
> Just some thoughts.
> 
> Earendil (who just spent two weeks struggling to catch up with all 
> the posts after being away for a week)

Rachael: I am also trying to catch up on posts, so I totally understand, and apologize 
if someone has said what I am saying.  In OOTP US ed. when Umbridge is inspecting 
Trelawney's class, she asks if Trelawney is the great great granddaughter of 
Cassandra Trelawney. (I am paraphrasing because I don't have my book with me right 
now.)  I like your theory of Cassandra Trelawney writing under another name.  Or, 
Cassandra Vablatsky could be another descendent of Cassandra Trelawney, which 
would make her either an aunt or some cousin of Sibyll.

Rachael