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Ross was the surname of a Scottish wizarding family. It is likely that they were a pure-blood family, as they were furious over the marriage between witch Isobel Ross and Muggle Robert McGonagall.

Known members[]

Wizard(s) Notes
Mr Ross[1] Parents of Isobel and grandparents to Minerva, Malcolm, and Robert Jr
Mrs Ross[1]
Isobel McGonagall née Ross[1] Wife of Robert McGonagall Snr and mother of Minerva, Malcolm, and Robert Jr

Possible relations[]

Wizard(s) Notes
Ms Ross A presumably Muggle woman resident in Northumberland, involved in an incident that required the intervention of the Ministry of Magic and the use of the Memory Charm.

Family tree[]

 
 
 
McGonagall
family
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ross
family
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Minerva
 
 
 
 
 
William
McGonagall

(c.18251902)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
child is one
of the following:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mr
McGonagall
 
Mrs
McGonagall
 
Mr Ross
 
Mrs Ross
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Robert
McGonagall
 
 
 
 
 
Isobel Ross
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Urquart
family
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elphinstone Urquart
(d.1985)
 
Minerva McGonagall
 
Malcolm McGonagall
 
Robert McGonagall Jr
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
At least one
son/daughter
 
At least one
son/daughter
 
 


Etymology[]

The surname Ross has several possible derivations. The first is as a habitational name taken from Rots, a town in Normandy, France, which was likely named based on the Germanic element rod, meaning "clearing." The second is as a habitational name based on places called Ross or Roose, from the Welsh rhós, "upland" or "moors." The third is from the Germanic personal name Rozzo, a pet form of names beginning with the element hrod, "renown." The fourth is as an occupational name for a person who bred or cared for horses, from Middle High German ros, "horse."[2]

Behind the scenes[]

  • In J. K. Rowling's novels The Cuckoo's Calling and The Silkworm, Charlotte Campbell, the former fiancee of series protagonist Cormoran Strike, later becomes romantically involved and eventually engaged to Jago Ross, the heir to a noble Scottish family.

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Professor McGonagall" at Wizarding World (transcription available here)
  2. "Ross" on Ancestry.com
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