No: HPFGUIDX 111002 Salit wrote : " I think there is a strong possibility that the character was based on none other than her ex-husband." Del replies : I just came accross that page : http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/uk/newsid_3591000/3591652.stm in CBBC Newsround, where JKR categorically refutes this specific claim. Sorry. Del