T here are a lot of villainous characters in the "Harry Potter" franchise, but the Lestrange family happens to house quite a ...

The Lestrange family, as we know it, goes back to Radolphus Lestrange, who, according to Pottermore, served as the Minister For Magic from 1835 to 1841.He tried to shut down the Department of ...

Plus, as TIME pointed out, Leta seemingly died without having children, meaning she could not be a direct ancestor of Rodolphus and must come from a different section of the Lestrange family tree.

The Lestrange family tree. Note the name in the bottom right. In the same image, you can also see a name directly above [Cred]ence Barebone. It's a bit harder to make out, ...

Right, so this is a more complex one, but it's worth sticking with. The twist in The Crimes Of Grindelwald establishes that the last surviving male of the Lestrange family was killed as a child in ...

The Lestrange family isn’t all evil. New characters include Leta Lestrange (Zoë Kravitz), Newt’s old Hogwarts flame, now engaged to his brother, Theseus (Callum Turner), ...

Now, in Fantastic Beasts, the Lestrange family has, thus far, not murdered any of the main character's loved ones. In fact, Leta only appears in one scene, and in that scene, she's just a figure ...

Long story short, the Lestrange family probably has a history siding with the bad guys — w e know Bellatrix would never have married into a family of "blood traitors" or Muggle-sympathizers.

A lot of attention was paid to Credence’s new last name, Lestrange, and when the big twist hits, that Credence was baby-swapped and is really Aurelius Dumbledore, it's not so much mind-blowing ...

Obviously the Lestrange family is standing by Grindelwald, so will she decide to join him because she’s loyal to her family? If that does happen, what will Theseus (Newt’s brother) do?4.