Lupin's middle name; Ron's wand

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No: HPFGUIDX 112378

Jenn wrote:
> Okay, I haven't been around for a while and there is NO way to 
catch up on
> reading all of these posts....so if these questions have been asked 
and
> answered, could you point me in their direction? If not, then.....
> 
> Does anyone know what the "J" stands for in Lipin's name? When the 
trio are
> on the train in POA, Hermione states that he is "R J Lupin" because 
of his
> luggage...so any ideas. 

Karen:
I believe it stands for John.  I am not sure if that is cannon.

> Jen:
>
> And two when Ron gets his new wand it has a unicorn hair 
core...again. His
> first wand had a unicorn hair, we know this because he mentions 
that it is
> poking out in SS (btw if this wands was handed down to him, how did 
it
> choose him? Wouldn't it have chosen the person who had it first?). 
So once
> you have a wand do your replacement wands always have the same 
core? 

Karen:
Ron was given Charlie's wand when Charlie got a new one.  Speculation 
both here and elsewhere has it that the wand was a hand-me down to 
Charlie from a previous Weasly or Pruitt relative.  When Charlie 
started working he could buy his own wand, one that would choose 
him.  Ron got his old one.

Jen: 
Could
> this mean that certain ppl have certain traits or enhanced traits 
because of
> the type of core in their wand? And do we know what cores Lily and 
James
> had? And in reference to that extra question in there, could Ron be 
stuck
> with a sub par wand because he was given a hand-me-down in the 
first place?
> What I mean is maybe he was never meant to have unicorn hair but 
since that
> used one was now he is stuck with it.
> 
> Okay I am going back to the shadows.....

Karen:
There is no cannon reference to the cores of either Lily's or James 
wand.  

Ron's wand worked pretty good for him in PS/SS so the unicorn hair is 
probably the correct core for him.  

- Karen