At the end of the movie, once Credence joins up with Grindelwald (Johnny Depp), Grindelwald tells him that his true name is Aurelius Dumbledore. Just like Credence from the trauma of his whole life situation. We don’t know who killed her. Fantastic Beasts 2 is set in 1927. Their lifeboat sailed to safety… SO because I’m still I mean Grindelwald is meant to be around the same age as Albus Dumbledore and he is acting as a father figure to Credence. ETA: Assuming Grindelwald isn't flat-out lying. The Phoenix was always a part of the plan, and was just a tool to convince Creedance further. There's absolutely no way he could have known about Credence's heritage if Percival was the father, and if Grindelwald was able to learn of Credence's birth if Kendra was the mother, then so should Albus and everyone else in Godric's Hollow. If Credence is Dumbledore's maternal half-brother, the youngest he could be is 28.) None of this also explains how Grindelwald knows about this. Also, Dumbledore brought up Ariana's death in this Crimes of Grindelwald film... so like... yeah, it'll play out in the sequel and everything will come together. I like this and all, but Grindelwald says "Your brother seeks to kill you," referring to Albus, to Credence at the big reveal. This is a place for fans of various creative works to share theories, interpretations and speculation related to that particular creative work. As far as we know, Albus Dumbledore only has one brother and one sister. Yeah... no. Grindelwald certainly could be flat out lying, but that'd be a bit too Last Jedi for me :P "you're not a Dumbledore, you're nobody". Creedance is not blood related to Dumbledore, but instead hosts her Obscurus. ._1x9diBHPBP-hL1JiwUwJ5J{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:#ff585b;padding-left:3px;padding-right:24px}._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4{height:16px;padding-right:4px;vertical-align:top}._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5{height:20px;padding-right:8px;vertical-align:bottom}.QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{height:18px;padding-right:8px;vertical-align:top}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 .QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)} SIGH. Ariana was an Obscurial, thus creating an Obscurus. 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