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sorting hat - What house did Albus and James Potter end up in?


I know the epilogue to DH doesn't say this, but are there any interviews or other JKR info about which houses the Potter children were sorted into?



Answer



Well, there is no canon on this, in the books or otherwise, so I'll make a canon-based guess.


Gryffindor.


J.K. Rowling has established that families often go into the same house as their ancestors. Albus Severus was pretty dead set against going to Slytherin and Harry assured him that the Sorting Hat would take his wishes into consideration. Both Ginny and Harry were Gryffindors, as were Harry's and Ginny's parents respectively, as well as all of Ginny's siblings. I think Gryffindor makes the most sense.


Edited to add: I thought about this a little bit more and I can't help but wonder if any of Harry's children had more of a chance of going to Slytherin if it wouldn't have been James. While I won't go so far as to suggest James is a bully, he definitely gives Al a hard time at King's Cross and deliberately provokes Al's anxieties.


Further, J.K. Rowling has said that, although Harry wouldn't have outright given the Marauder's Map to any of his children, James would've been the child to find the map in Harry's desk and nick it. It seems clear from canon that James is a Gryffindor, but he seems to walk a little on the wild side, a trait that Slytherin prizes (for confirmation see "Is Slytherin Evil" here on SFF or Dobby's Reward in Chamber of Secrets where Dumbledore explains to Harry that Salazar Slytherin did prize "resourcefulness, determination, and a certain disregard for the rules.") Perhaps James had a close call with the Sorting Hat, like Harry, and was projecting his own fear of Slytherin onto Al by ribbing him. Again, just an idea, but one with canon in mind.


We really know nothing about Lily, except that she's two years younger than Al and can't wait to go to Hogwarts herself. There's nothing in the epilogue to really delve into what traits Lily has and what house they might qualify her for, so I'll stick with Gryffindor for Lily due to the family connections.


ETA: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (released 07.30.16) clarifies that James and Lily Potter went to Gryffindor, while their brother Albus Severus went to Slytherin (w00t!).



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