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Hermione Granger was born on 19 September 1979 and she was nearly twelve when she first attended Hogwarts.

Hermione's parents were a bit bemused by their odd daughter but very proud of her all the same.

Rowling has stated that Hermione resembles her at a younger age, with her insecurity and fear of failure.

Rowling has described the character of Luna Lovegood as the "anti-Hermione" as they are so different

Hermione's name is derived from William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale

Hermione's original last name was "Puckle", but Rowling felt the name did not suit her at all.

Hermione is an only child.

After Voldemort's death In 1998, Hermione went back to Hogwarts to attain her N.E.W.T.s. She was the only one of the trio to do this.

By 2017, Hermione and Ron were married with two children: Rose and Hugo Weasley.

Hermione is the godmother of Harry and Ginny's oldest child, James Sirius Potter.

Hermione attained a high position in the Ministry of Magic, first through the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures

Hermione then went on to attain a high position in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement

Hermione assisted the Minister for Magic Kingsley Shacklebolt in eradicating the old laws biased in favour of pure-bloods.

At some point, Hermione, Harry and Ron were all featured on Chocolate Frog Cards

Hermione translated The Tales of Beedle the Bard from the original, which was written in runes, and published it.

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Rowling stated in a webchat that Hermione found her parents in Australia and relieved them of the memory charm she had placed on them.

Hermione is very similar to Lily. Both are Muggle-born, were bright witches, had male best friends, and married one of their friends.

Hermione's Patronus, an otter, is JKR's favourite animal.

In early drafts, Hermione was supposed to have a Muggle sister.

if Hermione looked into the Mirror of Erised, she would have seen herself, Harry, and Ron alive and unscathed, and Voldemort defeated -c-

If Hermione looked into the Mirror of Erised, she would also see herself closely entwined with Ron

Charlotte Church auditioned to play Hermione, but was too old for the part.

"You - complete - arse, Ronald Weasley! You showed up here after weeks, and you said 'hey'?!" - Hermione Granger

"You foul, loathsome, evil little cockroach!" - Hermione Granger to Draco Malfoy

"Just because you've got the emotional range of a teaspoon..." - Hermione to Ron

"I'm going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed - or worse, expelled." - Hermione to Ron & Harry

"Stop, stop, stop! You're going to take someone's eye out. Besides, you're saying it wrong. It's LeviOsa, not LeviosAR!" - Hermione

Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20080916201222/https://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=8 …; https://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/full_story/1414 …; https://bibliophilists.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/highlights-of-jk-rowlings-us-book-tour/ …; https://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2985000/2985244.stm …; https://replay.waybackmachine.org/20090617201646/https://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/default.aspx?sec=3 …

Sources 2: https://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/7/30/j-k-rowling-web-chat-transcript ….

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