Is Remus really Lupin? Was: Minerva McGonagall & The SS

[ghinghapuss]

No: HPFGUIDX 92935


> > LizVega:
<very large snip> 
> And, who is this R.J.H. King anyway? And, 
> does this mean that none of the other marauders played Quidditch 
> with James? R.J- Remus John? 


Mandy here:
There has been speculation about Remus Lupin's name in the past. 
Speculation about whether his parents gave him such a wolfish name at 
birth and thus perversely predicting the child's fate, or did he 
assume that name after he received the bite?  

We all know JKR named Remus J. Lupin, and she loves to play 
beautifully with the names of the characters in her stories. Remus 
(and Romulus, the founder of Rome) were brought up from birth by a 
she-wolf, and Lupin being the French word for wolf.  But, within the 
context of the story and the WW, I'd be more inclinded to believe 
Remus J. Lupin is the characters birth name if he was born a 
Werewolf, which he wasn't.  So why would his parents give him a name 
like that when they would have had no idea of his future, 
unfortunate, experience with Lycanthropy?  

Could Remus have possibly adopted the last name `Lupin' thinking he 
would protect his family's pride when he started Hogwarts? Is 
the 'Lupin' family really named King? 

Just some thoughts.

Cheers, Mandy