Naia Granger

## Naia E. Granger

**Naia Emmaline Granger** (née **Wilkins**), (temporarily known as **Lilith Wilkins**) was an English Muggle woman, the wife of Jake Granger, and mother of Hermione Jean Granger. Working as a dentist alongside her husband, she and her family lived in a house located in England.

She and her husband were proud and accepting of their daughter's identity as a witch, which explained some strange things which happened around her when she was a child. They entered the magical world in 1992 to buy Hermione's school supplies, and were assisted by Arthur Weasley. Several years later, however, Hermione was forced to alter her parents' memories and give them new identities as Wendell and Lilith Wilkins, to protect them from the Death Eaters.

After the Second Wizarding War ended, Hermione found Naia Granger and her husband in Australia and returned their memories. They gained grandchildren through Hermione and Ron Weasley's marriage, Rose and Hugo Granger-Weasley.

## Biography

### Early life

**Hermione Granger**: "*Well, both my parents are dentists.*"
**Professor Slughorn**: "*Fascinating, and is that considered a dangerous profession?*"
— Hermione talking to Horace Slughorn about her parents
Naia Granger was born somewhere in Great Britain to Muggle parents, at least one of whom may have been descended from a Squib.

She studied for a career in dentistry. This was presumably how she met Jake Granger, who was in the same profession.

She and Jake Granger both achieved a Licentiate in Dental Surgery, earning the prefix of "doctor", and married, living in a house on a street somewhere in England.

### Motherhood

"*The Forest of Dean. I came camping here once, with my mum and dad.*"
— Hermione mentioning her parents during the Horcrux huntNaia Granger later became pregnant with the couple's child around 1978, and gave birth to a baby girl on 19 September, 1979. They named her Hermione Jean Granger, choosing "a nice, unusual" first name because they wanted to establish how educated and intelligent they were.
The couple gave Hermione a bedroom on the first-floor, and they lived happily for many years. At some point, Jake and Naia Granger took Hermione camping in the Forest of Dean.
They also went to a theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London, and at least once went to Tottenham Court Road with her.

### Discovering the wizarding world

#### 1991-1992

"*I've tried a few simple spells myself and they've all worked for me. Nobody in my family's magic at all, it was ever such a surprise when I got my letter, but I was ever so pleased, of course, it's the best school of witchcraft there is I've heard — I've learned all the course books by heart, of course.*"
— Hermione regarding her Hogwarts acceptance letter
In 1991, Naia Granger and her husband were visited by a staff member from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, who gave them the letter inviting their daughter to the school. Hermione, at least, was shocked, as her parents presumably were, but was pleased.

Jake and Naia Granger went to Diagon Alley to purchase her school supplies, including her wand from Ollivanders. Naia and Mr Granger were separated from their daughter after she took the Hogwarts Express to her new school. They were bemused by Hermione's new identity, but were proud of her, as she had memorised all of her school books before leaving.

#### 1992-1993

" [...] *[Arthur Weasley] was distracted almost at once by the sight of Hermione's parents, who were standing nervously at the counter that ran all along the great marble hall, waiting for Hermione to introduce them.*"
— Description
or the 1992–1993 school year, Jake and Naia Granger had to purchase more school equipment for their daughter. Firstly, in order to buy the supplies, they went to Gringotts Wizarding Bank to exchange Muggle money with the wizarding currency.

There, they met Arthur Weasley, a wizard obsessed with Muggles, and his family, who were friends of their daughter. Arthur was fascinated by the ten-pound notes that Mr Granger had in his hand, and asked them all about their money.

The Grangers went with the Weasleys to Flourish and Blotts to purchase spellbooks with their new money. Gilderoy Lockhart was there doing book signings, for which Jake and Naia Granger queued up with the Weasleys. After Lucius Malfoy approached Arthur and began arguing, Naia Granger and her husband watched apprehensively. Being a pure-blood supremacist, Malfoy scorned Arthur for being in the Grangers' company, glancing at them. The two wizards proceeded to fight each other, before Rubeus Hagrid stopped them. Malfoy's goddaughter, Nathara Prince-Slytherin, then proceeded to scold the two adults.

The Grangers left with the Weasleys, shocked and frightened by what they had just witnessed. They went to the Leaky Cauldron Inn, sitting by the fireplace, before saying farewell to the Weasleys and Harry Potter and leaving with their daughter for the Muggle world.

After the school term ended, Jake and Naia Granger took Hermione on holiday to France during the summer holidays. During their visit, Hermione ate bouillabaisse, which she found quite tasty.

#### 1995-1996

**Harry**: "*What are you doing here? I thought you were skiing with your mum and dad.*"
**Hermione**: "*Well, to tell the truth, skiing's not really my thing. So I've come for Christmas... Anyway, Mum and Dad are a bit disappointed, but I've told them that everyone who's serious about the exams is staying at Hogwarts to study. They want me to do well, they'll understand.*"
— Hermione speaking with Harry Potter
During the 1995–1996 school year, Jake and Naia Granger arranged a skiing trip over the Christmas holidays, possibly in France, where they had gone once before.

However, Hermione told them at the last minute that she wanted to stay at Hogwarts in order to study hard for her fifth year exams, the Ordinary Wizarding Levels, which are roughly equivalent to Muggle O-Levels. Naia Granger and her husband were both disappointed, but, because they wanted their daughter to achieve good grades, they understood.

#### 1997-1998

**Naia Granger**: "*Hermione. Tea's ready, darling.*"
**Hermione**: "*Coming, Mum!*"
— Naia Granger shortly before becoming Lilith WilkinsOne afternoon, Naia Granger called upstairs to Hermione's bedroom, telling her that she had cooked her dinner. She and her husband were sitting in the living room looking at a house in Australia on an unnamed television programme.
Hermione came downstairs with her wand and secretly cast a False memory spell on both of her parents. She made them believe that they were called Wendell and Lilith Wilkins, a couple with a desire to go to Australia and live there. She did this in order to keep them safe should the Death Eaters come after them.

"Lilith" and "Wendell" proceeded to act on their apparent ambition to move, and quickly packed up their belongings and left their house.

It is possible that the "Wilkinses" moved into a house along Australia's coast which they had been admiring before their daughter bewitched them. Otherwise, it is unknown exactly where they went or what they did there.

After the conclusion of the Second Wizarding War, Hermione sought out her parents and returned their memories. They presumably then returned to England.

### Later life

Mrs Granger and her husband gained a son-in-law when Hermione married Ron Weasley. The two of them proceeded to have two children, Rose and Hugo.

The Grangers were presumably close to their grandchildren, as Ron referred to his father as "Granddad Weasley", implying that Mr Granger was "Granddad Granger".