Bones family

Bones family
Family heritage
Blood status	Magical and Muggle
Notable family members	Amelia Bones Edgar Bones Susan Bones
Status	probably extant in female line
Affiliation
House(s)	Hufflepuff
Loyalty	Ministry of Magic Order of the Phoenix

"No one lived after he decided ter kill 'em, no one except you, an' he'd killed some of the best witches and wizards of the age - the McKinnons, the Bones, the Prewetts - you were only a baby an' you lived."

— Rubeus Hagrid to Harry Potter

Bones is the surname of a wizarding family with both magical and Muggle heritage. They were a prominent family, with strong connections to the Ministry of Magic, which made them a target of Lord Voldemort during the First Wizarding War. The family was almost entirely slaughtered by Death Eaters, and Amelia Bones and her parents were murdered by Voldemort himself.

Known family members

• Amelia Bones — Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and member of the Wizengamot; murdered by Voldemort in 1996
• Edgar Bones — member of the Order of the Phoenix; murdered by Death Eaters during the First Wizarding War
• Edgar Bones's wife — murdered along with her husband and children
• The children of Edgar Bones and his wife — murdered by Death Eaters along with their parents
• Mr. Bones — father of Amelia and Edgar, Susan's paternal grandfather; murdered by Voldemort during the First Wizarding War
• Mrs. Bones — mother of Amelia and Edgar, Susan's paternal grandmother; murdered by Voldemort during the First Wizarding War
• Susan Bones's parent — child of Mr. Bones and Mrs. Bones, sibling of Amelia and Edgar, and parent of Susan
• Seraphina Bones — a witch whose portrait hung at Hogwarts
• Susan Bones — a Hufflepuff and member of Dumbledore's Army who was in the same year at Hogwarts as Harry Potter; niece of Edgar and Amelia Bones

Family tree

Bones family

Seraphina Bones

Mr. Bones (d. c. 1970s/'80s)

Mrs. Bones (d. c. 1970s/'80s)

Amelia Bones (d. 1996)

Edgar Bones (d. 1981)

Mrs. Bones (d. 1981)

Mr. Bones

Mrs. Bones

Edgar Bones's children (d. 1981)

Susan Bones (b. 1979 or 1980)

Etymology

Bones is an English surname originally from either the Old French bon, meaning "good", or the Old English ban, meaning "thin, bony". A bone is a rigid connective organ that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates. Skull and Bones is the name of a secret society based at Yale University; many members of the Bones family were associated with the secret society the Order of the Phoenix.