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1 month ago - If I had been a better friend, to Aberforth, if I had been a better brother, he might have confided in me. Perhaps things would have been different, this boy could have been part of our lives, part of our family." — Albus Dumbledore telling Newt about Credence's rumoured birth[src]
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August 22, 2024 - Aurelius Dumbledore (born 1900), also known as Credence Barebone through adoption, is the son of Aberforth Dumbledore and an unnamed woman. For a big part of his life, he was oblivious to his origin as he was adopted by Mary Lou Barebone, the ...
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1 month ago - Aurelius Dumbledore/Credence Barebone — the son of Aberforth and an unknown girl who was adopted by Mary Lou Barebone and did not discover he was a Dumbledore until over twenty years later.
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Harry Potter: Dumbledore's Family Tree, Explained
May 16, 2024 - He spent his childhood abused and ... that Credence was, in fact, Aurelius Dumbledore, Aberforth's son. He ended up in America with his aunt and had a tough life after that. He initially joined Grindelwald's forces but later renounced his allegiance ...
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May 12, 2025 - In the previous film "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald," the conclusion sees Credence learning that his real name is Aurelius, and he's been a Dumbledore all along. Apparently, he's the secret child of Aberforth and an unknown witch, not Albus' long-lost sibling (which is what Grindelwald, played in "The Crimes of Grindelwald" by Johnny Depp, tells Credence-Aurelius at the end of that movie).
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Harry Potter | What we learned in The Secrets of Dumbledore | Wizarding World
September 30, 2022 - However, that wasn’t entirely true. While Credence is a Dumbledore, he isn’t the brother of Albus, Aberforth and Ariana. In fact, he’s Aberforth’s secret son! Aberforth met Credence’s mother the same summer that Albus and Grindelwald met.
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'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore' makes an unexpected reveal about a famous wizarding family. Here's what to know.
April 15, 2022 - There were plenty of unanswered ... Grindelwald." After Grindelwald told Credence Barebone that he was Aurelius Dumbledore, the brother of Albus Dumbledore, fans were left confused as a result of the sudden reveal....
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November 16, 2018 - When we meet Credence in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, he is still living with his foster mother but nearing adulthood. If we assume that he is around 18 years old, that makes his birth year 1908 (give or take a year). But here’s where things get tricky. When Aberforth, Dumbledore’s only known brother, is relaying the story of their sister Ariana’s death to Harry, Ron and Hermione in the “Missing Mirror” chapter of The Deathly Hallows, he reveals that their father, Percival, was imprisoned in Azkaban, where he later died, in 1891 after attacking three Muggle boys who assaulted Ariana while their mother, Kendra, was accidentally killed by Ariana in 1899.
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You have asked for quotes from the book which have never actually addressed it, but in the film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (written by J.K Rowling) it's confirmed that Credence Barebone is actually Aurelius Dumbledore.

In around 1901, Aberforth had a son, Aurelius Dumbledore with a girl that he fell in love with in Godric's Hollow. However, the girl was "sent away," presumably by her parents, either before or after Credence's birth, although Albus was aware of rumours that there was a child. Due to the strained relationship between the Dumbledore brothers, Aberforth neither confided in nor sought Albus' help. Aurelius was eventually sent away to America with an aunt, where he was adopted by Mary Lou Barebone and given a new name, Credence Barebone.

In 1932, Credence attacked Albus and accused him of abandoning him, revealing to Albus that he was supposedly a member of the Dumbledore family. During a duel between the two, Credence's phoenix spread ashes on his body and Albus realised that Credence really was a Dumbledore and that he was actually Aberforth's long-lost son. However, by this point, Credence was dying due to his nature as an Obscurial slowly poisoning him, something that Albus sadly recognised from his experiences with Ariana. After foiling Grindelwald's plans at the walk of the Qilin, Credence, in poor health, accepted his father's offer to come home with him.

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So no, Albus and Aberforth were not the last Dumbledores. There was at least one other.

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In the books, it’s easiest to infer that the Dumbledore line ended with Albus and Aberforth.

I think it is also difficult to say that the Dumbledores were an ancient wizarding family. After all, Percival married a Muggle-born so he can’t have been very pureblood leaning. If the extended Dumbledore family was, it is most likely they became extinct in the male line other than Percival.

Book 7, which is heavy on Dumbledore lore, speaks as if Albus’s nuclear family was the only Dumbledore family. We pretty much know Albus didn’t have kids so that’s the end of that line. As for Aberforth, I don’t think he’s the type to go around getting girls pregnant. Especially since it’s implied in the books he was a goatfu- uh, he preferred to devote his life on research and experiment on goats. I think from his lifestyle, he was probably asexual but that’s just me assuming.

In the FB movies, Aberforth has a kid so I guess that’s not the end of the line. I don’t know if Credence dies tho cuz I deleted those movies from my head. Nothing in those movies counts as canon information, even if Jo wrote it. Seeing as she changed McGonagall’s age by thirty to fifty years.

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Harry Potter | Who are the Dumbledores? | Wizarding World
February 8, 2022 - Where to begin with Albus Dumbledore? He was the oldest son of Kendra and Percival and older brother to Aberforth and Ariana. He was known as one of the most talented and brilliant wizards in the wizarding world and his achievements (including ...
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Harry Potter: The Dumbledore Family Tree Explained
April 22, 2022 - He is revealed at the end of Fantastic Beasts 2 to actually be Aurelius Dumbledore, who was taken in by Gellert Grindelwald after the events of the first two Fantastic Beasts films.
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The wall of Credence’s room. It’s basically an extensive and obsessively drawn family tree of the Dumbledores. Notice how, on the left of Albus’ name it says ‘Aurelius Dumbledore’ with quesion makes…
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How is Credence related to Dumbledore? - Quora
Credence was born about 1901. Dumbledore’s father, Percival, was sentenced to Azkaban after attacking three boys that traumatized his daughter, Ariana, for doing magic in 1890–91, where he later died, so unless he received a visit f...
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Uncover the complicated history between Albus, Aberforth and their sister, Ariana; how Grindelwald created a rift between the brothers; the significance of t...
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Fantastic Beasts 3: Is Credence actually a Dumbledore?
April 11, 2022 - However, part of Grindelwald's revelation is a lie, of course. While Credence is indeed a part of the Dumbledore family tree, he was by no means abandoned.
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Fantastic Beasts Films: Dumbledore Family History, Explained
June 4, 2022 - Although Ariana’s death had been ... character Credence Barebone was also part of the Dumbledore family. Similar to Ariana, Credence was unable to control his magical powers, and accidentally unleashed his Obscurus....
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The Dumbledore Family Tree Will Confuse 'Fantastic Beasts' Fans Even More
November 29, 2018 - But the big twist everyone can't get over was revealed in the last minute or so of the film: a brand new Dumbledore character. The reveal of Credence being a long lost brother to Albus and Aberforth sent shockwaves through the Potterverse, and ...