McGonagall, Figg, and Tartans

[frost_indri]

No: HPFGUIDX 88780

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
<<Snippy>
> pitaprh (I think--unsigned post):
> > It has been wondered if McGonagall is not related to Ms. Figg - 
the 
> > cats and the tartan references.  Maybe she was visiting Ms. Figg 
when 
> > the events happened and so she was there looking for Dumbledore.
> > That would give some explanation as to why he didn't know she 
was 
> > going to be there but also wasn't surprised when she was.
> 
> <Snip>
Carol:
> I think the tartan slippers are an important clue, and being 
related
> to Professor McGonagall would explain why Mrs. Figg is Harry's
> protector and a member of the Order even though she's a Squib. But
> maybe the slippers are just a red herring since Filch at one point
> wears a tartan scarf (CoS 125, Am. ed.) and there's no reason to
> suspect that he's a relative of McGonagall's. Or is there? As 
someone
> else pointed out, he has the same initials as Arabella Figg, so 
maybe
> there's a McGonagall/Filch connection, too. :-)

Frost: 
  Ok, as a member of a Scottish clan I have to protest. Just because 
you wear a tartan doesn't mean you are related.  Just go to any 
Highland festival, and you'll see that.  There are over 100 Clans 
and varying tartans between them. (At least 4 versions of MacDonald 
to boot.)  So unless she describes the tartin, and they match, the 
likeliness of them being related is still the same if they just 
happened to have the same color eyes, or wore the same color dress. 

Anyhow, I'm trying to find McGonagall on the clan registries, and 
it's not coming up.  Moody came up under Clan Stewart, and MacNair 
came up under Clan Macpherson and Clan Macnaught.  Hmmm... Nope not 
finding MacGonagall (Most sights insert the "a" into "Mc" whether 
you want it there or not. :p *sighs*)  Anyhow, it would be 
interesting to see if Mrs. Figg is related to a Phoenix member and 
tnot to mention would make a lot of sense as to how she got to be 
one her self, but trying to set it solely on the basis of "they both 
wear tartans" is a little slim.  

Frost