Changes: Gamp family

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Gamp was the surname of a pure-blood wizarding family. They were related to the Black family, and more distaintly to the Macmillan and Prewett families. It is unknown if this family is still extant or pure-blood.

The only known member of this family was Hesper Black née Gamp, who married Sirius Black II, the heir of the prejudiced Black family. She was an ancestor of Sirius and Regulus Black.^[2] Another possible family member is the witch or wizard who discovered Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration.^[3]

Etymology

Gamp is a colloquial, primarily British, term for an umbrella, believed to be derived from a character in Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit, nursemaid Sarah Gamp.

Notes and references

↑ Horace Slughorn claimed that all Blacks were in Slytherin.
↑ Black family tree
↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

[1] Horace Slughorn claimed that all Blacks were in Slytherin.

[2] Black family tree

[3] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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+'''Gamp''' was the surname of a [[pure-blood]] wizarding family. They were related to the [[House of Black|Black family]], and more distaintly to the [[Macmillan family|Macmillan]] and [[Prewett family|Prewett]] families. It is unknown if this family is still extant or pure-blood.
+The only known member of this family was [[Hesper Gamp|Hesper Black née Gamp]], who married [[Sirius Black II]], the heir of the prejudiced [[House of Black|Black family]]. She was an ancestor of [[Sirius Black|Sirius]] and [[Regulus Black]].<ref>[[House of Black|Black family tree]]</ref> Another possible family member is the [[Wizards|witch or wizard]] who discovered [[Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration]].<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''</ref>
-'''Gamp''' was the surname of a [[pure-blood]] wizarding family. They were related to the [[Black family]], and more distaintly to the [[Macmillan family|Macmillan]] and [[Prewett family|Prewett]] families. It is unknown if this family is still extant or pure-blood.
-The only known member of this family was [[Hesper Gamp|Hesper Black née Gamp]], who married [[Sirius Black II]], the heir of the prejudiced [[Black family]]. She was an ancestor of [[Sirius Black|Sirius]] and [[Regulus Black]].<ref>[[Black family tree]]</ref> Another possible family member is the [[witch]] or [[wizard]] who discovered [[Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration]].<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''</ref>
 ==Etymology==