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==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
*The existence of Isobel cannot be considered [[canon]], as, in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', [[Neville Longbottom]] is immediately followed in the alphabetical list of students by [[Morag MacDougal]].
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*The existence of this character cannot be considered [[canon]]. In ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', the [[Sorting ceremony]] proceeds alphabetically, and [[Neville Longbottom]] is immediately followed [[Morag MacDougal]].
*As revealed by [[J. K. Rowling]] on ''[[Pottermore]]'', this character was originally named "Katrina," but this was crossed out on her list of the forty students in [[Harry Potter|Harry's]] year and replaced with "Isobel." Additionally, it has been revealed that [[Minerva McGonagall]]'s mother was named [[Isobel McGonagall|Isobel]], and Minerva had fallen in love with a Muggle named [[Dougal McGregor|Dougal]].<ref name="pottermore">[[Pottermore]] (transcription available [http://lady-slytherin-forever.tumblr.com/post/8979923935/the-original-forty-off-pottermore here])</ref>
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*As revealed by [[J. K. Rowling]] on [[Pottermore]], this character was originally named "Katrina", but this was crossed out on her hand-written list of the forty students in [[Harry Potter|Harry's]] year and replaced with "Isobel".<ref>"[https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/the-original-forty The Original Forty]" on [[Pottermore]]</ref>
*As an Isobel McDougal was never featured in a published book in the [[Harry Potter (book series)|series]], but a Morag MacDougal was, it is possible that the two are siblings (due to the name), though it is debated if the two are independent characters or Isobel was simply renamed Morag.
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*As an Isobel McDougal was never featured in a published book in the [[Harry Potter (book series)|series]], but a [[Morag MacDougal]] was, it is possible that the two are siblings (given the shared last name), though it is debated if the two are independent characters or if Isobel was simply renamed Morag.
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==Etymology==
 
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"Dougall" is from the Gaelic Dubhgall, or "dark stranger," and "Mac" is "son of."
 
"Dougall" is from the Gaelic Dubhgall, or "dark stranger," and "Mac" is "son of."
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Revision as of 09:24, 12 February 2016

This article is non-canon.

This article covers a subject that has been deemed non-canon by either the author or the Harry Potter licensees, and thus should not be taken as a part of the "real" Harry Potter universe.

Isobel MacDougal was a pure-blood witch who began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991. She was sorted into the Ravenclaw house.

Behind the scenes

Etymology

"Dougall" is from the Gaelic Dubhgall, or "dark stranger," and "Mac" is "son of."

Appearances

Notes and references