Fantastic Beasts Theory - Jewish Roots

Porpentina and Queenie Goldstein were American witches who lived in New York during the1920s. During Harry Potter's time at Hogwarts, he worked alongside Ravenclaw, Anthony Goldstein, whom has confirmed to be a Jewish wizard, as shown below:

Furthermore, J.K Rowling stated:

Fans speculated what Rowling meant when she said "I just have reasons for knowing most about him!", back in 2014 when she published this, however the sentence seems to have been forgotten. As Queenie and Tina were introduced closer to the release of 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them', fans noticed that the three characters shared the same last name, and Rowling confirmed whether they were related:

This makes us believe that this was what Rowling was referring to when she said that she had reasons for knowing more about Anthony. Expanding on this, this makes us believe that the Goldstein sisters share the Jewish religion. This leads us to what we believe might be the potential plot of future stories.

Fantastic Beasts is set to span over a period of 19 years, from 1926 to 1945. During this time World War Two occurred, including Hitler's holocaust, where Jews were kept in concentration camps. As it has been said that the next few movies will be set in Europe, this leads us to believe that Queenie and Tina will be taken to one of these camps in some part of the story and that magic will be involved in the war. Possibly Jacob and Newt will have to help them escape, and potentially might include a casualty. We do know that Tina survives and ends up marrying Newt, however we have no indication that Queenie or Jacob will survive, especially with J.K's tendency to kill off characters who we care about.

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- Joe and Izzy