Videos
THEORY DEBUNKED:
Credence Barebone is Albus/Ariana/Aberforth Dumbledore’s long lost brother Aurelius
3 reasons why it is incorrect
Credence was born in 1901. His supposed ‘father’, Percival Dumbledore was arrested in 1891 and his supposed ‘mother’, Kendra Dumbledore died in 1899. So they could not have produced Aurelius because Credence was born in 1901 so they were already arrested/dead and without at least one member of the parents of Albus/Ariana/Aberforth, you cannot have another Dumbledore. So unless Percival Dumbledore and someone in Azkaban had Credence (which is highly unlikely) or he did not have a life sentence and gave birth which would make Albus, Credence’s step brother, it is impossible for Credence to be a Dumbledore.
How does Gellert Grindelvald know Credence is Aurelius? When he came to Godric’s Hollow in 1899 a year before Aurelius Dumbledore was ‘born’. So he couldn’t have known until after he became the villain Grindelwald, and no one is going to tell Grindelwald randomly “Hey, Credence Barebone? Yeah he’s a long lost Dumbledore”. Or if it was strategically, where did they get their information from? Albus or Aberforth aren't going to be yelling it to the world. Also, he didn’t know in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them that Credence was an obscurus so he couldn’t have found out before then! How can we trust Grindelwald? He could simply be lying!
Now that story about the Dumbledore family and phoenixes. Albus Dumbledore said that “There is a story that a phoenix will come to a Dumbledore in need”. A story. A story is basically a rumor, and rumors are usually 99.9 percent incorrect. Like the rumor about Ariana? Lots of rumors pop up around the Dumbledore’s and are we supposed to believe this one as well? If you still don't believe me, look at the scene where Grindelwald tells Credence that he is a part of the Dumbledore family. Grindelwald takes the phoenix and rebirths it. Yes Credence finds and takes care of the phoenix but the phoenix is an extremely loyal creature and are capable of arriving to the aid of beings who share a similar devotion. This was how Fawkes arrived to assist Harry in slaying the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets during his second year at Hogwarts. So it will come to ANYONE with a desire, in Credence’s case, to find out his heritage. The phoenix also has healing powers, and in this case, the phoenix (in the scene where Credence looks after the baby phoenix) was healing Credence emotionally, as he HAS been through a lot
Is everything in both the first 2 fantastic beasts movies considered canon or was it all made up by JKR? Also, was Ariana Dumbledore supposed to be an obscurus or do we just assume she was magically/mentally unstable after being r*ped by the 2 muggle boys?