"Harry Potter" author, J.K Rowling, has always had a strong and healthy relationship with "Harry Potter" fans. Now, with the launch of the new and improved Pottermore, the author shared more details about the boy wizard's family through her new essay, "The Potter Family."

According to Rowling's essay, Harry's oldest known descendant was an eccentric wizard who went by the name Linfred Stinchombe. The wizard, who lived during the twelfth-century, was dubbed "the Potterer" and was credited for discovering the Skele-grow potion and the Pepperup Potion.  Over time, Linfred's nickname was shortened to Potter.

Lindfred's potion enabled him to earn quite a bit of gold that he left to his seven children. Succeeding generations added to the gold until Fleamont Potter invented the Sleekeazy Hair Potion, touted to tame "even the most bothersome barnet." Apparently, messy hair is a common trait in the family. Fleamont added a substantial amount of gold to the family coffers when he sold his company.

Aside from having hard to manage hair, Harry Potter's family apparently has always had a strong moral core and was known for fighting to protect the Muggles. The family had even campaigned to help Muggles during World War I. Their support of Muggles was the reason why the family was excluded from the "Sacred Twenty-Eight," a list of pure-blood British families that included the Blacks and the Malfoys.

Rowling also revealed how the invisibility cloak came into James and Harry's possession. Potter fans are very familiar with this rare cloak, which had helped Harry numerous times and had kept him safe. It turns out that it was tradition among the Potters to pass the cloak to their children. The cloak itself had an interesting history that was connected to another ancient wizard family, the Peverells. Harry's relation to the Peverell's was touched on in the book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and Rowling just added more details in her essay.

The 50-year-old Rowling also revealed the fate of Harry's paternal grandparents, Fleamont and Euphemia. The couple apparently was childless for a long time until they were blessed with a baby boy they christened James. The two later died from Dragon Pox not long after James married Lily Evans.

The new information regarding Harry's family undoubtedly made a lot of Potter fans happy and was a wonderful way of christening the new Pottermore. The new site boasts of more material, an easier interface and a new Pottermore Correspondent.