The Secret History of Minerva McGonagall

McGonagall’s mother ran away from home as a young girl

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Isobel Ross, Minerva’s mother, fell madly in love with Robert McGonagall, a Presbyterian minister who lived in the same village. Knowing that her parents would not accept her marriage to a muggle, Isobel decided to run away from home to live forbidden love.

The problem is that it took her years to finally reveal to her husband that she was a witch. He accepted it anyway, but the revelation shocked him and the trust between the couple was shaken.

She is a Hatstall

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Hatstall is every wizard who causes the Sorting Hat to take its time deciding their house at Hogwarts. In the case of Minerva, the delay was just over five minutes. He was quite undecided whether she should attend Gryffindor or Ravenclaw. After much thought, the Hat decided that she would do better in Gryffindor.

Young Minerva was an excellent student and showed a knack for Quidditch, but decided to retire her broomstick after a bad fall that left her with several broken ribs.

She fell in love with a muggle

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After graduating from Hogwarts, Minerva returned home to enjoy one last summer with her family before heading to London to take up a position at the Ministry of Magic. On that occasion, she ended up falling in love with a Muggle, following in her mother’s footsteps.

It didn’t take long for her crush to ask for her hand in marriage and she accepted immediately. However, as she worked up the courage to tell her parents, she considered the marriage her mother was leading, wand locked and suppressing her own magic, and decided that she would not live like that.

The next day she returned to tell her fiancé that she had changed her mind about marriage. He, who didn’t know about the existence of the wizarding world, never understood why he got his heart broken.

Your husband died tragically

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Even though she decided not to marry the Muggle she fell in love with in her homeland, McGonagall never really stopped loving him – so much so that she turned down the marriage proposal of an old friend, Elphinstone.

Shortly after Voldemort’s first defeat, Elphinstone insisted on the idea of ​​marriage. She accepted with the thought that she should get on with her life and on the condition that she would keep her maiden name. They went to live in a small cottage in Hogsmeade. The marriage was happy, but short. Accidentally, Elphinstone was killed by a bite from Venomous Tentacles.

Disturbed by loneliness, Minerva moved to Hogwarts where she was already teaching; and she devoted all her energy to work. Few noticed how much she suffered, with the exception of Dumbledore.