10 Harry Potter Fan Theories That Were Actually True - Harry Potter Explained

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’re going to be discussing- you guessed it- Harry Potter theories. However- they’re not my own theories- they’re theories that have been floating around the internet for many years. And, what do all of these theories have in common? Well- all of them were actually confirmed to be true years later- either through JK Rowling or through Pottermore. Some of them might be obvious to you NOW, but at one point, a lot less was known about the wizarding world- and its only through extended lore that we’ve been able to find definitive proof to support our theories. I make a lot of theories of my own, so I can only hope that my own theories are confirmed one day. Anyway, without further ado- here are 10 Harry Potter Fan Theories that actually turned out to be true.

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[NeetuSingh-glue]

I wonder if rowling just reads these and goes, " hmm I like that, let's make it true".

[hunterkiller]

My sister figured out Snape was in love Lily after reading how James humiliated Snape in front of Lily in the Order of the Phoenix. I thought it was ludicrous until I read the final book.

[zachsmusicandcomics]

I mean...from the very first book, Hagrid states Harry will be going to "the finest school of witchcraft and wizardry". That flat out tells us there are other schools. Otherwise, the term "finest" is inapplicable.

[shaynevaughn]

Dudley seeing himself for what he was makes sense. He left harry the tea outside his room which harry stepped on thinking it was a prank or something and started to act a little better to harry the summers following the 5th book.

[MaCabaret]

Here’s a minor theory I’ve never seen anything said about. Well not really a theory, more of just a question: the students who could see the thestrals in OoP were also the ones who heard whispers coming from the veil in the death chamber. I wonder how significant that was supposed to be.

[klc]

The Voldemort baby thing isn't a theory. I thought that was pretty explicit in both the book and movie.

[krenbenz]

Rowling is so blessed. She wrote a complex series with plenty of loopholes and simply has to wait for fans to fill in the holes and simply state "true" or "false" without having to do any extra work. She's a genius

[barbiquearea]

I think Ron and Hermione's attraction and future romance was hinted at even before Half Blood Prince. In Order of the Phoenix, Hermione's patronus was shown to be an otter, and otters are part of the weasel family. Not to mention the Weasleys live in Ottery St Catchpole. Now that to me was heavy foreshadowing that Ron and Hermione were going to get together.

[millsenberry]

I always thought Harry was the descendent of godric gryffindor and I'm sad that it never came to fruition, I felt like it was hinted so heavily throughout the books. Leo being Harry's star sign, ruby being Harry's birth stone, him and his parents living in Godrics hollow...

[nickwylot]

It really wasn’t a theory that there were other schools, the 4th book literally has the other schools in it.

[boocedupp]

I always thought Luna was the way Harry paid homage to Lupin in a more subtle way. Luna is like the moon referring to how Remus's nickname was 'Moony'

[ever]

The idea of the Ministry of Magic paying for the education at Hogwarts makes perfect sense to me. Especially after Cedric died and the Ministry forced all of the teachers and students to deny it. Sounds like state-run education to me.

[brettlarch]

My favorite:
Dumbledore is death. Think about it.
He unintentionally helped voldemort gain power. He helped snape with his love for Lily. Then there’s Harry -
He uses the invisibility cloak to hide from dumbledore and many others. Then in the end, he greets dumbledore like an old friend. Departing and meeting as equals.

[karlbergen]

This is a very good set of theories. I was always under the impression that magic was hereditary, probably controlled by a number of genes. Many Muggles carry magical genes but not enough to make them magical. when a couple gets together and has q child each may contribute magical genes to their child. If their are enough the child is a Muggle-born. Often if a couple has a Muggle-born child they will have another Muggle-born child.

I was also under the impression that Hogwarts is free as far as tuition, lodging and food go but the student must buy their own books, clothing and equipment.

[DrFranklynAnderson]

The books: “There’s no such thing as blood purity!”
After the books: “Turns out there’s a mostly hereditary gene that determines if you can use magic.”
The books: “The ministry has no right to interfere with Hogwarts!”
After the books: “The ministry actually pays for everyone’s education, making it the largest—if not only—investor in Hogwarts.”

[NikonFuser]

I made a lesson involving Harry Potter genetics for my biology classes. Essentially the magic gene must be rare and recessive, otherwise you would not have generations of muggles suddenly producing a magic offspring! Also the squib gene must be recessive, so for somebody to be a true squib, there must be homozygous recessive for the magic gene, and also homozygous recessive for the squib gene!

[Ninjamanhammer]

Theory:
Hogwarts gets money by lobbying book publishers who want the students to use their book.

[thesamuraihobbit]

I have an idea: Top Ten Perfectly-Valid Fan Theories that Turnes Out to be False.

[lxrnyle]

You are the best channel ty for making this video. It feels amazing to hear my fav part of the vid welcome to another installment of a Harry Potter theory. Seriously ur the best and most underrated person ever

[Glitchy]

I just assumed that when harry got hit by the death spell the horcrux took the brunt of the hit and that was what he saw, the part of voldemort's soul.