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|name = Carrow family
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|blood=[[Pure-blood]]<ref name="pottermore">[http://www.pottermore.com/en/book2/chapter7/moment1/pure-blood ''Pottermore'' - Book 2, Chapter 7, Moment 1 - New from J. K. Rowling - Pure-Blood]</ref>
|blood = Wizarding family, most likely [[pureblood]]
 
|family members = *[[Amycus Carrow]]
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|family members=*[[Amycus Carrow]]
 
*[[Alecto Carrow]]
 
*[[Alecto Carrow]]
 
|status=Extant
*[[Flora Carrow]]
 
 
|house=[[Slytherin]]
*[[Hestia Carrow]]
 
 
|loyalty=[[Death Eaters]]
|status = Extant
 
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|house = [[Slytherin]]
 
|loyalty = [[Death Eaters]]
 
 
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[[File:Alecto_Carrow.JPG|thumb|left|100px|Alecto]]
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[[File:Death_Eater-Amycus_Carrow-01.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Amycus]]
 
'''Carrow''' is the surname of a [[pure-blood]]<ref name="pottermore" /> wizarding family, and one of the [[Sacred Twenty-Eight]]. Alecto once viciously slashed the face of [[Neville Longbottom]] when he asked her how much Muggle blood she had, outraged by the anti-Muggle propaganda she taught as professor of [[Muggle Studies]] during the [[1997–1998 school year]], when [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] was in control of the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]].<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''</ref> They would punish the students by using the [[Cruciatus Curse]] on people in detention.
   
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Whether twin [[Slytherin]] students [[Flora Carrow|Flora]] and [[Hestia Carrow]] are part of this family is unknown.
'''Carrow''' is the surname of a wizarding family. It is unknown if they are [[pure-blood]] or have both [[magic]]al and [[Muggle]] heritage, though it is likely that they claimed to be pure-blood, given that [[Amycus Carrow|Amycus]] and [[Alecto Carrow]] were both [[Death Eaters]]. Alecto once viciously slashed the face of [[Neville Longbottom]] when he asked her how much Muggle blood she had, outraged by the anti-Muggle propaganda she taught as professor of [[Muggle Studies]] during the [[1997]]-[[1998]] school year, when [[Lord Voldemort]] was in control of the [[Ministry of Magic]]<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''</ref>.
 
   
==Known Family Members==
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==Possible Family Members==
*[[Alecto Carrow]] — a [[Death Eater]] and professor of [[Muggle Studies]] during the [[1997]]-[[1998]] school year
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*[[Alecto Carrow]] — a [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] and professor of [[Muggle Studies]] during the [[1997–1998 school year]]
*[[Amycus Carrow]] — a Death Eater and professor of [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] (effectively the [[Dark Arts]]) during the 1997-1998 school year
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*[[Amycus Carrow]] — a Death Eater and professor of [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] (effectively the [[Dark Arts]]) during the [[1997–1998 school year]].
*[[Flora Carrow]] — a student at [[Hogwarts]] in the [[1990s]] and member of the [[Slug Club]]<ref name="SS">''[http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/new-original-characters-cast-half-blood-prince-updated-54082/ New original characters cast for Half-Blood Prince]</ref>
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*[[Flora Carrow]] — a student at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] in the [[1990s]] and member of the [[Slug Club]]<ref name="SS">''[http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/new-original-characters-cast-half-blood-prince-updated-54082/ New original characters cast for Half-Blood Prince]</ref>
 
*[[Hestia Carrow]] — a student at Hogwarts in the 1990s and member of the Slug Club<ref name="SS"/>
 
*[[Hestia Carrow]] — a student at Hogwarts in the 1990s and member of the Slug Club<ref name="SS"/>
   
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==Etymology==
==Notes and references==
 
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*In English, the word; "''Carrow''", can refer to two places. "''Carrow''" in Norfolk, or "''Carraw''" in Northumberland. The first is assumed to have its name derived from the Old English word "''carr''", meaning "''rock''", and a word of Celtic origin; "''hoh''", meaning "''spur of a hill''". While the second appears to have been named either after the plural of the Old English word "''carr''", or after a mixture of a form of "''carr''", and another Old English word; "''raw''", meaning "''row''".
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*It is also possible that the surname was originally a shortened version of the Cornish surname; "''Nancarrow''".
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==Notes and references ==
 
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[[es:Familia Carrow]]
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[[ru:Кэрроу]]
 
[[fr:Famille Carrow]]
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[[pl:Rodzina Carrow]]
 
[[Category:Wizard families]]
 
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[[Category:Sacred Twenty-Eight families]]

Revision as of 13:41, 10 January 2016

Alecto Carrow

Alecto

Death Eater-Amycus Carrow-01

Amycus

Carrow is the surname of a pure-blood[1] wizarding family, and one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. Alecto once viciously slashed the face of Neville Longbottom when he asked her how much Muggle blood she had, outraged by the anti-Muggle propaganda she taught as professor of Muggle Studies during the 1997–1998 school year, when Lord Voldemort was in control of the Ministry of Magic.[2] They would punish the students by using the Cruciatus Curse on people in detention.

Whether twin Slytherin students Flora and Hestia Carrow are part of this family is unknown.

Possible Family Members

Etymology

  • In English, the word; "Carrow", can refer to two places. "Carrow" in Norfolk, or "Carraw" in Northumberland. The first is assumed to have its name derived from the Old English word "carr", meaning "rock", and a word of Celtic origin; "hoh", meaning "spur of a hill". While the second appears to have been named either after the plural of the Old English word "carr", or after a mixture of a form of "carr", and another Old English word; "raw", meaning "row".
  • It is also possible that the surname was originally a shortened version of the Cornish surname; "Nancarrow".

Notes and references