Of the four founders we know that at least one line has died out. Ravenclaw has definitely died out as Helena was the last descendant and she's long dead. Slytherin may have also died out but that depends if the Cursed Child is canon or not. Also Hufflepuff may have died out but it depends if Hepzibah Smith has any descendants.
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You are right that Ravenclaw's line died out. And Valorum is right that Hepzibah Smith's family being descended from Hufflepuff.
Slytherin's descendants have many possibilities. Delphini Riddle, Voldemort and Bellatrix's daughter, is definitely a descendant. There may also be American descendants. Isolt Sayre came to America in 1620. She married a Muggle (No-Maj in America), James Steward, and had 4 children. Two were adopted, so they didn't carry the Slytherin bloodline. They also had biological twin girls, one of which married:
Martha, the elder of James and Isolt’s twins, was a Squib. Deeply loved though Martha was by her parents and adoptive brothers, it was painful for her to grow up at Ilvermorny when she was unable to perform magic. She eventually married the non-magical brother of a friend from the Pocomtuc tribe and lived henceforth as a No-Maj.
We do not know if she had children, but if she did she may still have living descendants, although they would be Muggles (Until a Muggle-born is/was born).
Godric Gryffindor is the most difficult to find descendants of. I could find no article containing his family tree. One photo showed descendants of every founder but Gryffindor. So I looked over lists of families who lived in Godric's Hollow. I found this:
Godric Gryffindor † Ignotus Peverell † Bowman Wright † H. Knighton † D. Williams † Bathilda Bagshot † Dumbledore family (formerly) Potter family (formerly) Abbott family
And my theory began. When searching through Pottermore I found this:
Many readers suspected Harry might be descended from a powerful wizard like Godric Gryffindor. Book seven would reveal his famous ancestor was Ignotus Peverell, the youngest sibling from ‘The Tale of the Three Brothers.'
What if there was a connection between the two? Maybe the Peverells were descendants of Gryffindor. We know Cadmus Peverell (2nd brother), was an ancestor of the Gaunts, meaning he married a Slytherin descendant. So Ignotus could have married a Gryffindor descendent. His son's wife is unknown. Linfred and Henry Potter also have no records of their spouse. That leaves a lot of space for "Ms. Gryffindor" to marry into either the Potters or Peverells. The two families joined some time in the twelfth century:
Linfred’s eldest son, Hardwin, married a beautiful young witch by the name of Iolanthe Peverell, who came from the village of Godric’s Hollow.
Lastly, the etymology of the names. Some of Harry's name definitions are: army commander, mighty in war, and rules the home. Some Godric definitions are: God ruler, rules with God, powerful ruler. They sound very similar. And on one site, part of the descriptions sounded alike. For Harry:
...they often feel misunderstood and could suffer from loneliness...
For Godric:
...often afraid of being misunderstood or unfavourably judged.
I may be totally wrong, or it may have all been J. K. Rowling's master plan.
Both families have a strong tie to Godric's Hollow. The Potters are also a very Gryffindor family (not including Albus Severus). And Harry pulled Gryffindor's sword out of Gryffindor's hat! I think that must have some importance. So that is my theory.
Sources:
https://www.pottermore.com/features/the-potter-family-tree https://www.pottermore.com/features/clues-jkr-gave-us-about-the-harry-potter-books-harrys-friends-and-family
https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/the-potter-family http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Peverell_family https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/ilvermorny http://www.first-names-meanings.com/names/name-GODRIC.html http://www.first-names-meanings.com/names/name-HARRY.html
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