Patil family
Family heritage
Blood status	Magical of unknown blood status
Notable family members	Padma Patil Parvati Patil
Status	Probably extant
Affiliation
House(s)	Gryffindor Ravenclaw
Loyalty	Dumbledore's Army

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Patil is the surname of a wizarding^[1] family. It is known that they are pure-blood, or have magical heritage. They are presumably of Indian descent, as Patil is a common Maratha surname in the state of Maharashtra, India.

Known family membersEdit

• Padma Patil – a former Ravenclaw student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who was in Harry Potter’s year, and a member of Dumbledore's Army
• Parvati Patil – a former Gryffindor student at Hogwarts in Harry Potter's year and a member of Dumbledore’s Army best friends with fellow gossiper Lavender Brown
• Mr. Patil – Padma and Parvati's father
• Mrs. Patil – Padma and Parvati's mother

Behind the scenes Edit

• On Rowling´s classlist, the surname was Patel.
• There is a Hufflepuff student named Bhavana Patel, who most likely is not related to Padma and Parvati.

EtymologyEdit

• It is possible that the Patil twins are named after Padma Parvati Lakshmi, an Indian-American author, actress, and former model.

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